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Flammarionsays: "Letus dohomagetothemag-
nificentOrion,mostsplendidofalltheconstellations.
... Itisindisputably themoststrikingfigureinthe
sky,andwiththeGreatBear,themostancientinhis-
tory,thefirstthatwasnoticed:botharereferredtoin
theancienttexts ofChina, Chaldea,andEgypt....
One of the most magnificentin the entire heavens,
Orionisnotmerelythemostimposingofthecelestial
figures,itisalsotherichestinsiderealwonders."
Theforegoingquotationsshouldcertainlysettlethe
preeminenceof Orion asto splendor and attractive-
ness. Therearesomeremarkablethingsyettobesaid
aboutit,whichwereserveforanotherchapter.