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The stars which we can see from earth are suns. We 

 cannot tell how many exist in nature, possibly an immense 

 number; but only a few such are visible -to the naked 

 eye. Their names are, Sirius, the star of Bitengeis, Rigel, 

 Aldebrandt, Arcturus, Beta, Bega, Jota, Gamma, Capella 

 and the Little Dog. There is no doubt but that all these 

 have their own solar systems, without which we know 

 they could not exist ; but as they are so distant the most 

 perfect telescopes cannot help us to study or even to 

 discover their planets. Their distance from us is incon- 

 ceivably great. Sirius, which is 150 times larger than 

 our sun, is visible from September to May as a small 

 diamond star. Lying over the 30 degree of southern la- 

 titude it is seen from our northern hemisphere at an 

 angle of 35 and its light travels to us in 14 years and 

 2 months. However there exists another scientific suppo- 

 sition that each star is a sun, but from their infinite re- 

 moteness some lie beyond research. The foundation of 

 this theory is the exclusive luminosity of suns ; but the 

 foundation is unsound. There are stars of the second 

 magnitude which are comparatively near our earth, which 

 do not present solar phenomena, but yet shine with 

 their own light. The star Pegasus for instance, one of 

 the second magnitude, visible to the East up to mid- 

 summer and passing then to the South, though remaining 

 in sight right up to February, can be examined even 

 through a small telescope. The outline of seas, moun- 

 tains and valleys can be distinctly traced, and therefore 

 the life of the globe is clearlyj not a solar life, though 

 the globe shines with its own light. 



Every solar system includes, a sun, planets with their 

 satellites and comet clouds. The sun, warming the pla- 

 nets receives from them in return ozone; the comets 

 nourish both. The question arises Whence all these 

 rolling spheres, and whither? Are they temporary phe- 

 nomena or is their existence without end? 



The spark of all life is unquestionably divine. The 

 human mind cannot penetrate to the First Cause, nor 



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