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LOOKING BEYOND THE WORLD. 
We have looked into the crust of the earth and 
tried to read something of the story it has to tell, of 
its struggles, of its ever-changing and improving life. 
We have made some observations on the ocean of air 
that enwraps the globe, of its currents that surge to 
and fro, bringing health and breath to every living 
thing. We can not be content with this world. We 
look out through its blue envelope into the wide be¬ 
yond. Man in all ages has done this. The child 
looks up, full of inquiry, feeling what the poet says; 
“Twinkle, twinkle, little star. 
How I wonder what you are. 
Up above the world so high. 
Like a diamond in the sky.” 
As he grows older he continues to wonder and enjoy. 
Look up at the star above you so far away. Its 
light shoots through space faster than any bullet ever 
sped. If that star had been snuifed out when De Soto 
dropped into the Mississippi Liver, it would be years 
and years before the last of its rays would reach us. 
But there is not the end of the heavens. Far be¬ 
yond that star the telescope discovers other stars. 
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