, 1880-02-21

months afterward Il was found thnt tho
planets moon was hehlnd ting fully tiftsen
Earth ut thls tlll!u l,n,l gnne to It's fart!lGst
jH,int away frnm tho plnnet inetltfonctl. Thu
!fen occurred to HIN TINT llght Must tsayel ~
eertatt1 , II, ratc. Thfs rato lI9 cnlculatr;l % rs
gaenily other meiGots 81 exa'ninlng tho snb.
joct pr0yctl tI,ts 10 bn tile cnsc. Astronomy
ilnd fcre helped Physics alnl Mathematics.
III nnalyz!ng Hight with tllt speslrnsrolc, u
9ave t!iiIcrrnt spectral co!ofs. THO srcetr,-
scupo lns ainvu been ,sp!t III ehcnlicn! nnnl-
ysty. The rDlots nf tl1cse burning substitutes
were found to ba it!c',ticnl Il, ',umbef, |n's,.
,!o md INTENSITY, with snn1igis mid nd t'e i,
tir.er,ntacsi so+ay tl,e chemical cn,npns!tion
bf ns!r su,i, stars, ,Ml cn,npis. III tllcm, va
tltl IRON, common salt, iil,l,y q thu familiar
metals, .<asrs .ntrd co,'.tn,l1t!s; a,Nl thus
'!lesc ,nrraiIons could f,e eitett In,lriinltly,
--ile few given show clearly enough wiint Ii
meant; b,t the onIy why III ylfcl, tho masses
chi, be tntl!lc tn Mppreclnto tmt these things
ve 1hy ", ,"s. WslsoyS II ~ c
conc III Tic wny OF direct bellpfit to frtltyt.l-
tlals derived from tlte!n...
II is evident to tho dullest Intellect tint, II
everything III Nnture were understood, III
everything. tl0 mRttHr whit. Rscertnl1irtl, the
mttlstnho of Ignorance woultl l,u removed, 40
| far Us It's effects nre concerned, from t'lG
VI whole M human !faH1,iy ona r,X,sIysb!mE wo,l
| Wen, Just In tic proportion TINT tho Slne..
teeth Century IL n,rld of tle First, III TINT
| proportion prcc!sGly dHrs t''n!l understand
Ills relations II Nature better and IL dcrivug
as our modes 0f life, Thoughts, hal,tatiUlis.
| e1tahlcs, commerce, ctc;, nru inconlpamrhsy
l,ettor tlian those obtaining In the First
Century.
e.afal s srarel ii hat al Is E aS tf,,o e IL
| Nature, Is precisely whit ,seirnt!tlc men nro
tlong. However, ittopfasl TIE ultimate result
wnrkcd for, atMt rcttlrdlcss q Tug M sItes Gf
hi"ss'hSr aye "9i @ W ptss sS : a1, I ars s1s M
Ing pushed. until nowadays Tho man yho
SAYS, "TlEs or that callnot be tIole"; We
| will never be nbo Z, kilow beyonu this, -
Ind hetscr. auesi[on himself honestly us to
already bcen t!one, md II wu do not eyon
| now ktnW beyond this.
| to human knowledge; but whit these limits
are, we have l,eyer been able to define. The
oul'nnry realization If tile next.
Astronomy enables our slips 10 travel over
tIacksSs ~ seas, atl., carry goo,ls tH ~ i'1nl @
p!''ces the ilnilsl geographical knNw!'slEe
| Utttnn Thule. t'liyslcs n,ul Chemistry Ktyc
liz leter food ami nlnre Of It. THESE sciences
ArG ltanl ut work tn-tlny to wrench MGlIviho
from yl,lpirlcisn anl consequent uuackery,
and give 10 MI t,la,,lstlld the benefits Of iii
exact mathematical Medicine.
But, II Is claimed, It culllIOt ho TINT NIL men
will know NIL things to whatever extent
those sciences i,1ny uGsarth, discoveries. It
be directly bclieilted BY sncll knowledge ex-
listing, even though! hut in the, pas
smiths, ,yet every one Is moro or less
lnMetltHl by t!lere being blacksmith, tra,le.
Electrfcnl knowledge fs not necessary 10 ell-
nble one to enjoy tic reflllscnco OF It's clltap
e,.etl light, tlOr 10 b. uDle to send leltgrnll
Every conquest 0f tho ki,ld over MIXTURE li.s
elevated % 'nanki directly an!l 4 different @ n
win knows tho .pr!ucIpfes involved n clec.
trlcity; yet tho fact VI tl'cse. heing known al
all Ia n few enables thousands to bo employed
In MI elevated industry.
t;iyens tl,e fnuts Of tho Universe, nrtl so'ne
one will be fonlll to employ then, tn prar.
ticNl elltis, md thousands will l'c employed
for tho geirrnl good II occupations esin0blna
them a,id lnakslg their conditions III life but
tyr, even though they may not bu all scletl'
lists or schoiars.