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Show IrNftIntf lUtr a Continent. When tho Panauucnnnl was first proponed pro-poned a grritcry wiiit up that Mich a "ditch1 would endanger the lire of millions mil-lions of lumau being. It wn nrKutd that tho watt ra on tho Pucltla iMoof the tthmua woro hundroli tf fait hlglur tlinu they wero on tho Atlantic sldo. und tlmt tlio grent ruh of water to own up tho difTercnto In tho lo.cl of tho two octans would drown out nil fwuthem North America, nil tho Wiwt Indie and mot of Mexico nnd Vntataa Wutill bo eugiiicerj nnd aetiutlotul editors imjuctl thtlr opinion or wroto yanlsof wnro editorial on tho subject. It now tunii out that tho Atlantic and not tho I'acificistlmhightrnf tho two oceans, mil that ta plnuj of the difftrcncoln IcvtlUinhuudrodsof ffet.usliad be-rn nfTirme.1, tho enrfaco of tho wnttr on ths riitsldoof tho Ulhmat ii ciVtlyC( fret higher tlmu it is on tho western tl lo.-tiU !uli Uepublto |