Excerpt from The Earth We Live On
Among grown-up people, the greater number see but a small part of the earth. Their business confines them to one country, and frequently to a small part of that country. Among young people very few indeed ever travel many miles from home. How delightful, then, it must be to them to be made acquainted, by means of a description, with every thing relating to the earth on which they live: and who can doubt whether the study of geography be interesting or useful?
Size and Shape of the Earth.
The earth is a large round body, not a perfect globe, but in shape somewhat resembling an orange. But while an orange measures about nine inches round, the earth measures about 25,000 miles.
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