Show if it we V lived ou the moon we must remember that in every fiber of our constitution we have been specially adapted to the life on this particular globe we know how our senses are adjusted la in harmony with the particular atmosphere 1 a wh which 1 h the earth is surrounded wo ive have now to notice another point in which the texture of our bodies is arranged to suit the material contents of this globe on which we dwell it may seem strange to learn that the strength of our bones and muscles haa has been adjusted not solely with regard to the size of our bodies or the quantity of 0 matter they may contain but with reference to the dimensions and mass 0 of f the earth it might be that on another globe even though the atmosphere was exactly like our own both in density and in composition oven even though it was supplied hup plied with water as ours is even though it provided us with abundance of suitable food and had a climate agreeable to our constitution yet it might be wholly impossible for us to exist there by reason of an incompatibility between tho the strength of our frames and the maus ma us of the globe on which we stood thus to take the case of the moon which only weighs about one eightieth part i of the earth the gravitation with which the moon would draw all bodies toward it would be much less than the similar gravitation on oil the earth the weights of all ill objects would be reduced to about one sixth part of that which wo we find them to possess posses 9 here the buoyancy of our bodies would be so great that athletic teats feats would be 10 easy on a body the size of the moon which couk coul never be attempted on this globe by beings with muscles like oura ours I 1 good words |