Great and gorgeous as is the display of Divine power 

 and wisdom in the things that are seen of all, it may 

 safely be affirmed that a far more extensive prospect of 

 these glories lay unheeded and unknown till the optician's 

 art revealed it. Like the -work of some mighty genius of 

 Oriental fable, the brazen tube is the key that unlocks a 

 world of wonder and beauty before invisible, which one 

 who has once gazed upon it can never forget, and never 

 cease to admire.— Philip Henry Gossb. 



There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, 

 Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. 



Shakespeare. 

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