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mindgrowsdizzywiththethought;theheartisdumb
withawe. Canitbe so? Istherenolimittospace?
Wewillsupposeitisevening. Lookyonderatthe
Milky Way. "A band, orirregular stream, of soft
light is perceived,with starsat intervals dottingits
surface. Wegetanoperaglass,andlookthroughit.
Behold,manymorestarsarevisible,withthebandof
lightstillbeyond. Wegetasmalltelescope,andlook
throughthat. Verymanystarsmaybecounted;and
stillthebandofsoftlightshinesbeyond. Wegotoan
observatory, wherea large telescopemaybe found;
andthroughitsgreattube,countlessstarsgleamforth,
hundredsandthousandsofthem,wherefirst,withthe
nakedeye,wesawonlyafewtwinklingspecks;yet,
stillthebandof lightshines onbeyond, unchanged.
Lastly,wegotoAmerica,andobservetheMilkyWay
withthemostpowerfultelescopeyetmade. Awon-
drouscompanyofinnumerablestarsgUtter;yet,still,
beyond and behind,we have,as ever, the dim, soft
light,notevennowdoneaway,notevennowresolved
whollyintostars."

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AgnesGiberne.
Can weeverget totheend ofit—this vastuni-
verse? Can we ever be able, no matter what our
powers,tosay,"Thisisthelimit;wehaveseenevery-
thinginthisdirection"? IstherenoHmittospace?
Havewenocertainanswertothisquestion?
"Suppose thatoneof thehighestorder of intelli-
gencesisendowed withapowerofrapidmotion su-
periortothatoflight (186,000milesasecond), and
with acorresponding degree of intellectual energy;
thathehasbeen flying withoutintermission forsix