Porter, Jermain G · Boston : Ginn & Company · leaf 50
upon the seashoreand the stars of heaven have ever been symbols of infin-itude. Thus God said to Abraham, I will multiplythy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand whichis upon the seashore ; and of David, As the host ofheaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of thesea measured ; so I… … THJe STARRY HEAVENS 23 that can be certainly discerned with the naked eye, wediscover that they are not so innumerable as they seem.Seldom can more than two thousand be distinguished atany one time ; but this number is not sharply defined, fora multitude hover just on the verge of visibility…
Constellations · Mythology
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