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the event, it merely distributes that glory among a long list 
of some of earth’s most noble sons, and makes many great 
instead of one. 
That a man—that men, should be able, after long 
centuries of painstaking and toilsome preparation to reach 
out into space three thousand millions of miles and measure 
and weigh and locate a world which had never been seen by 
any but the eyes of God and his angels, overwhelms us with 
admiration for the race to which we belong. Surely the words 
of the Psalmist may here be applied to some men at least, 
“Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels and hast 
crowned him with glory and honor.’’ ‘‘ Thou hast made him 
to have dominion over the works of thy hands: thou hast 
put all things under his feet.” 
The planet Neptune is said to be 250 times the size of the 
earth and requires 166 of our years to pass around the sun. 
It has one moon which is larger than our planet though its 
distance from its primary is no greater than that of our moon 
irom) us. Lhe planet has also a ring. The discovery of 
Neptune stands alone in the records of astronomical science. 
Nothing like this had ever before occurred and nothing like it 
has since been done. What shall we say of the future? ‘There 
may be other members of our great family we may do well to 
look after. 
When Halley predicted that the comet which bears his 
name would return in about seventy-five years, his prediction 
led scientists three score years later to calculate the exact time 
when the comet might be seen. They were thirty days wrong, 
the comet being that many days late in appearing. Shortly 
afterward the planet Uranus was discovered. Here was the 
explanation of their error. This unknown planet had been 
holding the comet back and they knew itnot. When Halley’s 
comet appeared the second time since his death the cal- 
culators were nine days out in their calculations. Since then 
the planet Neptune has been found. Here again is an expla- 
nation of their supposed error. We may look for Halley’s 
comet again about ten years from now. If our calculators 
