cover hundreds of people, if needed, but the sun remains a certain size always, and can neither be made large or small, for it is the work of God, whereas the umbrella is the work of human beings.

The earth has been, and will always be, flat, and there are several proofs and those proofs I claim.

You will find in this chapter that I have given some proofs about the sun.

Pay attention to every word you read in this book. You must not believe anyone who says the earth is round, for you are not crazy nor a child. Do not believe without a correct proof. Children may believe stories, but now that you are old enough, wake up! You cannot make water nor anything else stay on a round ball. It is the same way with the earth. You cannot make the ocean stay on a round earth without running off, no matter what people may tell you. There is more water than dry land on the earth, and the water being liquid, cannot be anything else, as I proved in Chapter I.

Do not let anybody fool you by telling you that the earth is round. As long as there is no proof that the earth is round, you must believe that it is flat and stationary. If you have a good mind why don't you try to get the best knowledge and follow it? If you are clever, why don't you wake up and have the best for yourself? If I were you I would not allow anybody to fool me. Don't be afraid to change your mind when you find that you have been mistaken by following the wrong way. If you wish to know whether the earth is flat or round, read this work carefully, and you will find proofs that the earth is flat and nothing else.

If you wish to buy books and maps of the flat earth, send me word and I can supply them.

In this book we have given you facts that show that the water, the wind, the land, and the sun itself give you their own proofs. Use your body to feel with, your eyes and brains to see and understand these proofs.

If anyone should wish to have a further explanation of my ideas, I will answer his questions, provided I am paid for my trouble.

Boston, Mass., U. S. A,

JOHN G. ABIZAID

You can see naturally Galileo, Copernicus, DeCusa and Isaac Newton all used imaginative philosophy. They guessed to arrive at their conclusions. They even went so far as to teach what they themselves did not know.

My research and works are based upon natural philosophy, that is a philosophy which is acceptable and adjustable to our human senses.

This natural philosophy is amply illustrated in my book, "The Enlightenment

of the World Geography."

JOHN G. ABIZAID.

The geography says that the earth is turning, but no one has ever seen it turn, or felt it, but they can see the earth flat and stationary; the geography aiso says that the sun is stationary, but no one has ever seen it standing on anything at all..

There is no use believing such foolish talk as we read in the geographies. The geography has no good proofs, but only guess-work, which amounts to nothing at all. There is no sense believing professors, because they made a big mistake by telling the people that the earth is round and in motion and the sun is stationary. We do not blame them for this mistake, because every one makes mistakes.

This book is called "The Enlightenment of the World," because it will wake every one up, and correct this mistake.

The sun does not rise from a low place, as it appears to.

Examine your own shadow, or any shadow, in the morning, and again in the afternoon, and you will find the sun always is higher than you, just as the sky is above you. The earth and sky do not meet, as they seem to. It is only the distance that makes it appear so. Anything at a distance from you seems low, anything near seems high. This is a proof that the earth and sky do not meet.

If you stand in a field on a foggy day, you will see that near at hand the fog is higher than you are, but a little farther off it looks low and touches the ground. No matter where you stand the fog appears in the same way, and the earth and sky do not seem to meet, and that is just like the fog around you. Examine it and you will find that what I say is correct.

I started from Boston in a steamer going to New York City. As I neared the city, I happened to see two bridges ahead of me. Just as I was passing under the first bridge, I found that it was very high, then I looked at the other bridge and I found that it looked very low, almost touching the water. But when we reached the second bridge I found it as high as the other bridge, so I looked back at the first bridge we passed under and I found that it looked very low, almost touching the water. Then I knew that both of the bridges were high, but that it was the distance that made them seem low.

It is the same if you go on land. For instance, suppose there is a long clear road, with telegraph poles the same distance from each other. You look at the one nearest to you and you will find it high, but the next one looks lower and the next one still lower, and so they seem to be growing shorter and shorter until you cannot see them at all. But it is not true that the poles are lower, as they look; it is only the distance that makes them seem so, just like the masts of the ship on the water. This may also apply to the sky, and the sun is the same way.

When the sun is rising and setting it looks as though it were very low. It is not low, but high always, and it is the distance that makes it seem low. When the sun is over our heads it looks very high because it is near us.

The sun being of a limited capacity, can throw its rays only on a certain portion of the earth at one time. It is similar to an umbrella with a limited capacity to cover a certain number of persons. Of course, you can make an umbrella to

sun is in motion, and the water is always level on every side of you, it means that the earth is flat.

you

will take time to think you will find out the truth for yourself - when I have shown you the way. I do not want you to believe because I say so, but I want to show you how things are and if you will pay attention you will know what is right as well as I do.

If the sun is stationary, we would feel the earth turning, from many different things. First, the houses and the posts would lean to one side with the land, and we would see one direction low and the other direction high. If you see the land low on one side and high on the other side, then the sun is stationary, but if it is not; then the sun is in motion. If you cannot see or feel the earth turning, then it is stationary, and the sun is turning. You will know from the water of the ocean that the sun is moving above it, for if the earth is turning upside down, there would be no water in the ocean, they say that the sun is bigger than the earth, but I found out from the sunbeams that the sun is smaller than the earth. If the sun were bigger than the earth, the people who live in Asia, the people who live in Europe, the people who live in Africa and in America would see the sun above their heads at the same time. It would be noontime all over, it will make no difference. If the earth were flat or round we would never see the sun over our heads when the people in other countries had noontime, because its light can reach but 6000 square miles.

Suppose there were ten people under one umbrella, the same size as one we use now, do you suppose they would all see the umbrella over their heads? No; they cannot see it above their heads because the umbrella is too small to cover them all; but if they have a big umbrella it will cover all ten people and all would see it above their heads. If there was an umbrella as big as a town it would cover all the people that live in a town, and all the people who live in the town would see it over their heads. And that is the way with the sun. If the sun were bigger than the earth it would shine on the whole earth, and all the people in the whole earth would see it over their heads at the same time. This is a good proof from the sunbeams and the umbrella, and you will find it a good proof that the sun is smaller than the earth and in motion, and the moon and stars are also smaller and in motion. The earth is flat and stationary, as I have proven it before.

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The sun we can compare with a parasol if the parasol was large enough it could cover the whole world just so the sun. It is not large enough to throw light over the whole world at one time,

They used to say about 500 years ago that the earth was flat and stationary and the sun was in motion. But they had no proofs like those I have in my book. This is the reason they changed their minds. But now you must wake up and judge the truth for yourself.

Read everything I say in this book and you will find it just right. There is no guess-work in my book as in the geographies. You do not have to believe what I say in this book, because you have eyes to see with, bodies to feel with and brains to think with.

C means midday. At that time the sun is nearest to you. You will see it above your head and you will feel warmer and your shadow will be shorter than at any other time.

D means in the P. M. You will see that your shadow is growing longer because the sun is moving from over you.

E means that the sun is going a great distance from you. You feel cooler, and your shadow is growing longer and turning in a circle. If you measure the sunbeams and your shadow before sunset, you will see that the sun is always high and in motion, passing in a circle above the earth from one country to another, and also you will see the moon and stars before sunset and after.

In the illustration of the sun rising and the sunbeams, you will see that the sun is round and smaller than the earth. Also that it is moving in a circle, above every place reached by its light. When the sun leaves a place it changes from day to night, and in the place where it was night it will be day. The illustration shows this.

Pay attention to these proofs: the first shows that the sun is very high; the second shows that the sun is smaller than the earth, for if it is larger than the earth the people in Europe would see the sun above their heads, while the people in America would see it above their heads, and both at the same time; the third shows that the earth is flat and level,

This is another proof to show you that the sun is going around in circles above the earth, for if you watch a post's shadow you will see it move half a circle a day.

When the sun is rising you will never see it coming straight to you, but going in a circle always to the right above your head. You will find that from the shadow of your house, or the sunlight when it shines into your room, etc.

I know that the sun is smaller than the earth and in motion high in a circle above the earth. By looking at the sunbeams it will prove to you east and west are in a circle on a flat stationary earth.

Here is a good proof about the sun that everybody can try at home: Place your lamp on the table and place your hand at the side of the lamp, and you will see the shadow of your hand on the wall, and if you place your hand over the lamp you will see the shadow of your hand on the ceiling, and if you place your hand below the lamp you will see the shadow of your hand on the floor, if you watch the sunbeams you will know that the sun is smaller than the earth and always in motion in a circle high above the earth.

And after all, if you want to know which moves, the earth or the sun must take time to stop a while and watch them both.

Here is another proof to show you that the earth is flat and stationary, and the sun is in motion: If you can see or feel the earth turning down on one side and up on the other, then you are right, and the earth is in motion and the sun stationary; but if you cannot see or feel this, then the earth is stationary and the