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SON OF THE SUN morrow you will learn some of our ideals and aspirations, which are a strong part of our religious convictions. We long ago learned that matter and spirit are intercompounded, and we have not yet been able to find a single instance where one is apart from the other. But then, we still have so much to learn. Today you will be prepared in regard to our knowledge of the physical world so tomorrow’s interview with Saturn will not be unintelligible to » you. «r » “Indeed!” responded Adam happily. “It will be an experience I will look forward to with eagerness.” The group left the viewing room to stroll along the corridors. The next room they entered was rather large, with glass partitions marking it off into smaller areas throughout. Through the glass Adam could see section after section, in all of which people were busy at their work and study. From everywhere they looked up and smiled, all of them knowing this was Adam, the man from earth. Shortly, a young man came from one of the rooms and warmly welcomed the three of them, asking them to be seated at one of the round tables. “This man is head teacher and student in the physics section, Adam, so you may call him Mercury. He is all science, and close to your sun in his observations and study. Also notice how handsome and alert this realist is,” Orion said, in a spirit of light humor. “Now, Orion,” Mercury quickly retorted, “you know that I preach in our schools periodically. Sometimes I think I am more cut out to be a theologian than a physicist, or a ‘realist,’ as you call me, just as Adam, here. He knows well what I mean,” he said, turning to Adam. “Yes,” Adam replied in a low voice. “Yes, I do understand. How you people surely know me, my actions and my thoughts! How on earth do you manage it?” “Not on earth, Adam; on Andromeda,” Launie quipped. “Yes, Adam, on Andromeda,” Mercury joined in. “We know, for instance, that you have read the treatise called “The Nature of >» Infinite Entities’. 126 “Yes, I did read it. I found it so absorbing I still cannot