On the outskirts of the business district we are stopping before a
beautiful, large building which our host tells us is known as a 'House
of Knowledge'. On entering, we find ourselves in a magnificent hallway
on the walls of which are all sorts of murals. Directly in front of us
is portrayed in infinite detail the total constellation of the heavens.
On the wall at the head of the hallway is a mural of the Creator. As we
pass this, our hosts bow and we do likewise.
Leaving this entrance hallway, we enter a very large room in which we
see all sorts of literature in very large volumes. Our guide tells us
that some of these volumes contain the history of our solar system.
In the Venetian room are murals of planet Venus and life there, as well
as volumes of literature containing the history of that planet.
Next is the room of Saturn. On the walls in this room are murals of
that planet and life as lived by the people there, while the volumes of
literature contain the complete history of Saturn and its purpose in
the system.
The grandeur of all these rooms is indescribable, for even as the
fullness of life as they live it and as portrayed by these murals is
inconceivable to us, so the distinctive architecture of each planet
as found in the various rooms is beyond our power of word expression.
Our guide tells us that within this 'House of Knowledge' there is a
room for every planet within our solar system and within each of these
rooms are murals and the history of its planet with the architecture in
each room varying from all others according to that of the planet it
portrays.
But now we are being taken into the Earth room and the pictures here
look very familiar. The volumes here contain the history of the Earth
and all the civilizations who have lived there and vanished, of which
we on Earth have no history.
"The people of Earth have always seemed to behave as little, unruly
children, never knowing what they wanted, and not too stable, very
aggressive or hostile against each other. The history within this room
is nothing but full of blunders," explained the leader of Mars.
Leaving the Earth room, we come into a vast sized room called the
'House of Knowing' for it contains various developments in the field of
science and all phases of it; things that have been, that are, and are
yet to come. We would like to spend a great deal of time here for this
room is fascinating and contains some things of which we have a little
understanding. There is much we could learn in this room. Yet there is
much to learn everywhere here and a great deal to see, and our visit
here has just begun.
We are leaving the building now to re-enter our gliding vehicle and
continue our sight-seeing tour of the city.
Travelling up the highway, we are passing slowly through a park, a sort
of glorified playground in which hundreds of children are playing.
Many grownups are in this park also. These people are joyous and free,
friendly but not curious.
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