...rotation on its- axis, and other similarities, lead us to suppose that it is most probably also inhabited, like the rest of the planets, by beings whose organs are adapted to the peculiar cireumstances of their situation. MERCURY. Faint is thy tight fair Mercury, And soon thou lurii'sl...

...the fall of heavy bodies on its surface, — leads us to suppose that it is most probably ihahited, like the rest of the planets, by beings whose organs are adapted to the peculiar circmntances of that vast globe. If it be objected, that from the effects produced at the distance...

...and its diversified surface, leads us to suppose that it is most probably also inhabited, like them, by beings whose organs are adapted to the peculiar circumstances of that vast globe." THE MOON. The moon, that mild and beautiful luminary of the night is more completely subjected to the...

...diversified with mountains and valleys, and rotation on its axis, lead us to conjecture that it is inhabited, like the rest of the planets, by beings whose organs are adapted to their peculiar circumstances. Dr. Elliot, an English astronomer, allows his imagination, in speaking...

...solidity, atmosphere, and diversified surface, he was led to infer that it is most probably inhabited by beings whose organs are adapted to the peculiar circumstances of that vast globe. We feel it difficult to embrace this conclusion, from the fact of his rays producing here, at the distance...

...atmosphere, and its diversified surface, leads us to suppose that it is most probably also inhabited, like the rest of the planets, by beings whose organs are adapted to tbe peculiar circumstances of that vast globe." 12. If the diameter of the sun be accurately measured,...

...solidity, atmosphere, and diversified surface, he was led to infer that it is most probably inhabited by beings whose organs are adapted to the peculiar circumstances of that vast globe. We feel it difficult to embrace this conclusion, from the fact of the solar rays producing, at the...

...atmosphere may be modified in light and heat, sufficiently to make the surface perfectly habitable, " by beings whose organs are adapted to the peculiar circumstances of that vast globe." That the luminosity of the sun is electric, and produced in the manner described above, is the author's...

...axis, and the fall of heavy bodies, lead us on to suppose that it is most probably also inhabited, like the rest of the planets, by beings whose organs...to the peculiar circumstances of that vast globe. \\Tiatever fanciful poets might say in making the Sun the abode of blessed spirits, or angry moralists...

...atmosphere may be modified in light and heat, sufficiently to make the surface perfectly habitable, " by beings whose organs are adapted to the peculiar circumstances of that vast globe." That the luminosity of the sun is electric, and produced in the manner described above, is the author's...