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Astronomy for amateurs (1904)

Flammarion, Camille, 1842-1925, Welby, Frances A. (Frances Alice) tr · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 142

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GustaveDore, which is included in the illustrations of his wonderful edition of DantesDivina Commedia. This drawing seems to be in place here, and 1 offer myreaders a poor reproduction of it, taken from the fine engraving in the book.Dante and Virgil, in the peaceful evening, are contemplating lo… … Fig. 36.—The Evening Star. feel some curiosity about the mysteries of the Infinite.The brutalities of daily life would fain petrify our dreams,but thought is not yet stifled to the point of checking all 123 ASTRONOMY FOR AMATEURS aspirations after eternal truth, and when we gaze at thestarry sky it…

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