THE GARDEN BY THE SEA 



to the illustrious astronomer. It was in this 

 severe solitude that he worked and taught. His 

 reputation was so great that even from Asia, 

 students, eager to hang upon his words, hastened 

 to this rock, set in the Baltic, assailed by 

 perpetual tempests, and covered with snow 

 eight months in the year. They remained 

 there, vowed to science, content to lose all for 

 the privilege of following the researches and 

 participating in the discoveries of a man of 

 genius. 



