DIATOMS 121 



if he proceeds to speak of ' fixed stars,' so called. 

 We very soon lose all control over the imagination, 

 and we become lost in infinity. Even so, it seems 

 more possible to come face to face with infinity in the 

 great outer space, than to form any conception of 

 infinity as regards the minute side of creation. Few 

 objects bring home to us more effectively the limits of 

 imaginative power than do the diatoms. 



