...Saturn which may render other parts of his surface habitable as we should understand the term:—' The very combinations which convey to our minds only...and glorious displays of beneficent contrivance.' * On the general question'of the habitability of the system that circles about Saturn, we have no means...

...Saturn which may render other parts of his surface habitable as we should understand the term : — ' The very combinations which convey to our minds only...and glorious displays of beneficent contrivance.' * On the general question of the habitability of the system that circles about Saturn, we have no means...

...must afford (to our ideas) an inhospitable asylum to animated beings, ill compensated by the faint light of the satellites. But we shall do wrong to...and glorious displays of beneficent contrivance." The story of the discovery of Saturn's rings is scarcely less interesting than that of Galileo's first...

...must afford (to our ideas) an inhospitable asylum to animated beings, ill compensated by the faint light of the satellites. But we shall do wrong to...fitness or unfitness of their condition from what we see * See Sir J. Herschel's " R suits of Astronomical Observations made at the Cape of Good Hope," p. 415,...

...must afford (to our ideas) an inhospitable asylum to animated beings, ill compensated by the faint light of the satellites. But we, shall do wrong to...around us, when perhaps the very combinations which only convey images of horror to our minds, may be, in reality, theatres of the most striking and glorious...

...acquainted, that we can form no estimate of their requirements. To use Sir John Herschel's words, ' We shall do wrong to judge of the fitness or unfitness...and glorious displays of beneficent contrivance.' I would venture to point out that the view which I advocated respecting Jupiter and Saturn in the essay...

...saying, that " we should do wrong to judge of the fitness or unfitness of the arrangements described, from •what we see around us, when perhaps the very...and glorious displays of beneficent contrivance." But we do well to exercise our minds in enquiring how this may be ; and, as it appears to us, the views...

...relieved only by the faint light of the satellites. Yet dismal as these regions might appear to us, they " may be in reality theatres of the most striking and glorious displays of beneficent contrivance." 7. Q How are Saturn's Satellites situated with respect to the £ings ? A. The orbits of seven of Saturn's...

...saying that " we should do wrong to judge of the fitness or unfitness of the arrangements described, from what we see around us, when perhaps the very...and glorious displays of beneficent contrivance." But we do well to exercise our minds in inquiring how this may be ; and, as it appears to us, the views...

...acquainted, that we can form no estimate of their requirements. To use Sir John Herschel's words, " We shall do wrong to judge of the fitness or unfitness...and glorious displays of beneficent contrivance." I would venture to point out that the view which I advocated respecting Jupiter and Saturn in the "...