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But in order to understand
this matter better
and more clearly,
you may hear
another example.
If the earth were
split right through
the middle, so that
looking through the
earth one could see
the sky below us, if
someone were to throw a
stone or a very heavy
weight,
when it came to the
middle of the earth
it would be held
there completely, for it could not any go further down, any
more than it could rise upwards. If it had fallen from a great height,
then due to its weight it might have been able to