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wemaylookintotheremotestdepthsofspace. Other

starsmaycertainlylie inthosepartswherethestrata

formingthecanopyareinterrupted,buttheseareun-

attainablebyourinstruments."

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"Cosmos,"volumei,
pages142,143.
Andtheauthorofalifeof WilliamHerschelhas
referredtothismatterinmoststrikingterms.
"TheMaker, Governor, andUpholder of allthese
worldsanduniverses isoneandthesame. WhoHe
is,whatisHiscentralseatofpower,notelescope,no
glassprism,canreveal. Amidthewondersofinfinite
space and time, our standards of measurement and
knowledge maybesaidtobeourfivesenses;and if
oneofthese,sight,weretakenfromus,oursphereof
knowledgewouldbeimmeasurablyreducedinextent.
Ontheotherhand,anadditiontothesenseswehave,
a quickening of the inner light, might reveal this
Builderofworlds,Hispalace,Hislivingarmies,with
adistinctness,afullness,hithertounknown. Herschel
evidentlythoughtthiswhenhestoodinwonderingawe
before theholeintheheavens."

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"WilliamHerschel
andHisWork,"byJamesSime,M.A.,F.R.S.E.
Wesee,therefore,thatsomeofthenebulaehavethe
peculiarityofanopenspaceinthem;andOrionisone
ofthese. ButtheopenspaceinOrionhasa signifi-
canceofitsown.
Thus these menof science have used expressions
that debar any adverse criticism of Mrs. White's
term"theopenspaceinOrion."
As has been explained by these astronomers, we
mayspeakofanopeninginthenebulaofOrion. It

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