The Sun 



us that there is nothing in its size, its position 

 or its motions to constitute it a world apart; 

 and spectrum analysis has confirmed these 

 conclusions by showing us that the same elements 

 are found in all the stars ; it is therefore legitimate 

 to seek from the nebulae an idea of the sun's 

 past, and even to attempt to forecast its future 

 from the present state of the extinct stars which 

 wander over the pathway of the heavens. 



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