Page 104 - The Glory in the Heavens

A traveller continuously moving at a certain speed to the
West by plane is always in daytime since the Sun never sets.
If Earth did not rotate around its own axis, we would never
see the night, just like this traveller on the aeroplane.

What would happen if it were always daytime on

one side of Earth and night on the other? If this were

the case, people would not have specific times for

sleep. Everyone would sleep or be awake at different

102 times. There would be much confusion in relationships

between people.

Let's first imagine that we only had daytime:

Would we be able to sleep soundly? Besides, we would

never be able to see the moon and stars that are visi-

ble only in the darkness of the night.

Alternatively, what if we were always in dark-

ness? First, we would never be able to see the Sun, blue

skies or other beauties we can only see during the day.

No one knows how our sleeping hours or schedule at

school would be. We would go to school in the dark-

ness of the night and have our breaks in darkness.