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of keeping the same observers on the same objects from year to 

 year, an essential condition for satisfactory results. Both these 

 troubles are probably not going to beset the revived enterprise. 

 There is all the cash needed for compiling, and there is much 

 more lively interest in the subject than there was twenty-four 

 years ago, and, perhaps, at least a special class of observers can 

 be continued. 



Altogether, many things that a quarter century and even a 

 decade ago were thought impossible, and, indeed, were impossible, 

 are easy now — so changed is the temper and attitude of the 

 people. 



