 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 put into my hands which would unlock a door which had been regarded as forever closed to man — the veil...  The Observatory - Page 4681909Full view - About this book
 | 1897 - 918 pages
...to the other heavenly 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;...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... | |
 | William Wallace Payne, Herbert C. Wilson, Curvin Henry Gingrich - 1910 - 742 pages
...A feeling as if of inspiration seized me: I felt as if I had it now in my power to lift a veil that had never before been lifted ; as if a key had been...which had been regarded as for ever closed to man." Huggin's at once resolved to apply the new method of research to the stars and accordingly in 1803... | |
 | 1900 - 600 pages
...to the other heavenly 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...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
...... A feeling as of inspiration seized me : I felt as if I had it now in my power to lift a veil that had never before been lifted ; as if a key had been...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... | |
 | Astronomical Society of the Pacific - 1909 - 614 pages
...to the other heavenly 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...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
...to the other heavenly 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...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
...to the other heavenly 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...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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