Show this old earth in a recent lecture sir oliver lodge the eminent english scientist ho bo I 1 it now visiting america announced announced that the earth would probably continue tc exist for or years year more these are arc of course round numbers some scientists estimate that the eath earth will live for ton ten times this age there have been animals of one kind and another on this planet for fully this len length etli ol of time the dinosaurs are relieved tc have lived through some such period the age of man which Is probably only a few thousand years seems the merest trifle by comparison when we consider how man has developed during rec recorded oried history which is less than ten thousand thou sund years wo we may hope that he will evolve to an infinitely finer type in the future boys life |