100 A TRACT OF MISCELLANIES. 



the people of every nation co-operate with that 

 great nation, and consummate for themselves what 

 to them is so very precious ? 



165. In the present stage of the world's progress, 

 what is the best form of Government? Is it that 

 of a monarchy in which the Sovereign reigns but 

 does not govern ? 



166. Desideratum. A Map of the Heavens, in 

 which the constellations shall consist of a series of 

 triangles the angular points of those triangles being 

 stars of the first or second magnitude ; and to each 

 Observatory of the world let one of these constella- 

 tions be allotted, to count the number of its stars, 

 and to observe the changes which it undergoes. 



167. In this age of achievement, to connect, by 

 means of a chain or rope, the summit of Mont Blanc 

 with its base, and by the aid of this connecting 

 medium to guide in safety a balloon with passengers 

 from the base of the mountain to the summit, and 

 again from the summit of the mountain to the base. 

 Desideratum. The erection of an Observatory on 

 the summit of Mont Blanc. 



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