 I felt as if I had it now in my power to lift a veil which had never before been lifted ; as if a key had been put into my hands which would unlock a door which had been regarded as for ever closed to man — the veil and door behind which lay the unknown...  Popular Astronomy - Page 3931910Full view - About this book
 | 1897 - 916 pages
...bodies. A feeling as of inspiration seized me: I felt as if I had it now in my power to lift a veil which had never before been lifted; as If a key had been...which would unlock a door which had been regarded as forever closed to man — the veil and door behind which lay the unknown mystery of the true nature... | |
 | 1900 - 598 pages
...bodies. A feeling as of inspiration seized me: I felt as if I had it now in my power to lift a veil which had never before been lifted ; as if a key had been...which would unlock a door which had been regarded as forever closed to man — the veil and door behind which lay the unknown mystery of the true nature... | |
 | Hector Macpherson - 1905 - 334 pages
...presented itself the very order of work for which in an indefinite way I was looking. ... A feeling as of inspiration seized me : I felt as if I had it now...which had been regarded as for ever closed to man." It was plain, however, that unless there was a great improvement in the spectroscope, investigations... | |
 | 1909 - 512 pages
...through numberless aeons of time, that it has been put into Sir William's " power to lift a veil which had never before been lifted ; as if a key had been...which had been regarded as for ever closed to man — the veil and door behind which lay the unknown mystery of the true nature of the heavenly bodies,"... | |
 | 1909 - 518 pages
...through numberless aeons of time, that it has been put into Sir William's "power to lift a veil which had never before been lifted ; as if a key had been...which had been regarded as for ever closed to man — the veil and door behind which lay the unknown mystery of the true nature of the heavenly bodies,"... | |
 | Astronomical Society of the Pacific - 1909 - 614 pages
...bodies. A feeling as of inspiration seized me. I felt as if I had it now in my power to lift a veil which had never before been lifted ; as if a key had been...which would unlock a door which had been regarded as forever closed to man — the veil and door behind1 which lay the unknown mystery of the true nature... | |
 | Astronomical Society of the Pacific - 1910 - 316 pages
...bodies. A feeling as of inspiration seized me. I felt as if I had it now in my power to lift a veil which had never before been lifted ; as if a key had been...which would unlock a door which had been regarded as forever closed to man — the veil and door behind which lay the unknown mystery of the true nature... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1911 - 846 pages
...bodies. A feeling as of inspiration seized me. I felt as if I had it now in my power to lift a veil which had never before been lifted ; as if a key had been...which would unlock a door which had been regarded as forever closed to man — the veil and door behind which lay the unknown mystery of the true nature... | |
 | Caroline Ellen Furness - 1915 - 390 pages
...bodies. A feeling as of inspiration seized me. I felt as if I had it now in my power to lift a veil which had never before been lifted ; as if a key had been...my hands which would unlock a door which had been § § M si « o _s s ^ 2! K O M g regarded as forever closed to man — the veil and door behind which... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1911 - 848 pages
...bodies. A feeling as of inspiration seized me. I felt as if I had it now in my power to lift a veil which had never before been lifted ; as if a key had been...which would unlock a door which had been regarded as forever closed to man — the veil and door behind which lay the unknown mystery of the true nature... | |
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