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Excerpt from The Story of the Sun, Moon and StarsIN the course of even a few years changes of necessity take place in so progressive a science as Astronomy. Some new discoveries are made, some new ideas are started, some Old beliefs have to be given up. When the twentieth thou sand of the English edition of Sun, Moon, and Stars was called for, it seemed to me that the time had come for a thorough revision of the whole: for a bringing up of the information contained therein, as far as possible, up to date.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Story of the Sun, Moon, and StarsAnd, then, there is still another point of view from which this general dissemination of great truths in a simple style assumes an aspect of practical impor tance. I allude to the influences of this process on the imaginative or p'oetic side Of our complex nature.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.