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Tke Music of the Si)heres 



LIVING under the shade of trees by day and 

 under the stars at night, with a roof over 

 one's head only when it rains or when asleep, 

 it is natural that one should gaze at the stars, see 

 many splendid meteors, and take much note of the 

 coming and going of the moon, and the rising and 

 setting of the constellations. There is no such dial 

 for marking the time as that of which the polar star 

 is the pivot. There glitter the constellations of Ursa 

 Major, or as it has been called, the "Dipper," the 

 "Chariot of Arthur," the "Chariot of David," 

 "King Charles's Wain," and the "Plow," the con- 

 stellations also of the Lyre, Ursa Minor, the 

 Dragon, and those brilliant queens of the North, 

 Cassiopeia and Andromeda, and the "demon" star 

 Algol. These revolve majestically around Stella 

 Polaris, and one can mark the hours as they pass 

 by observing them. Among them is Arcturus, 

 mentioned by Job, though it is probable that he 

 referred to Ursa Major, the constellation. 



The plain moon in a clear sky is beautiful, but 

 like a beautiful woman, its charms are heightened 

 by drapery. This one may have at times anywhere 

 by the clouds, but always here by the tall pines, of 



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