\"Whentheaxishasreachedapointatwhichitinclinesbutabouttwelvedegrees,itwillbecomenecessarytofilltheantarcticreservoirinJuneandtheArcticOceaninDecember,inordertocheckthestraightening,sinceotherwiseitmightgetbeyondtheperpendicularandswingtheotherway。Whenthismotioniscompletelyarrested,IsuggestthatweblowuptheAleutianIslesandenlargeBeringStrait,soastoallowwhatcorrespondstotheAtlanticGulfStreaminthePacifictoentertheArcticArchipelago,whichIhavecalculatedwillraisetheaveragetemperatureofthatentireregionaboutthirtydegrees,therebystillfurtherincreasingtheamountofavailableland。
\"Oceancurrents,beingtheresultoftheprevailingwinds,whichwillbemoreregularthanatpresent,canbecountedupontocontinuepracticallyastheyare。Itmaynotbeplaintoyouwhythetradewindsdonotblowtowardstheequatorduesouthandnorth,sincetheequatorhasmuchthesameeffectonairthatastovehasinthecentreofaroom,causinganascendingcurrenttowardstheceiling,whichmovesoffinstraightlinesinalldirectionsonreachingit,itsplacebeingtakenbycoldcurrentsmovinginoppositedirectionsalongthefloor。Picturetoyourselvestheascendingcurrentsattheequatormovingofftothepolesfromwhichtheycame。Astheymovenorththeyarecontinuallycomingtopartsoftheglobehavingsmallercirclesoflatitudethanthosetheyhaveleft,andthereforenotmovedforwardasrapidlybytheearth\'sdailyrotationasthelatitudesnearertheequator。Thewindsconsequentlyrunaheadofthesurface,andsomoveeastofnorth——theearthturningtowardstheeast——whiletheheaviercoldersurfacecurrents,rushingtowardstheequatortotaketheplaceoftheascendingcolumn,comingfromregionswherethesurfacewhirlscomparativelyslowlytothosewhereitisrotatingfaster,arecontinuallyleftbehind,andsomovesouthwest;whilesouthoftheequatoracorrespondingmotionresults。Thoughthisisnotthemostexactexplanation,itmayservetomaketheactionclear。Iwilladd,thatifanyoneprefersacolderorawarmerclimatethanthatoftheplaceinwhichhelives,heneedonlygonorthorsouthforanhour;
or,ifheprefershisownlatitude,hecanriseafewthousandfeetintheair,ordescendtooneoftheworked—outcoal—mineswhicharenowusedassanitariums,andsecurehisobjectbyaslightchangeofaltitude。Letusspeedthedepartureofrackingchangesandextremesofclimate,andpreparetowelcomewhatwebelieveprevailsinparadise——namely,everlastingspring。\"
AppendedtotheaddresswasthereportoftheGovernmentExaminingCommittee,whichran:\"WehavecriticallyexaminedtheTerrestrialAxisStraighteningCompany\'sfiguresandcalculations,alsoitsstatementsinvolvingnaturalphilosophy,physics,andastronomy,allofwhichwefindcorrect,andherebyapprove。
[Signed]\"FortheCommittee: