Word: planets
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...certain that in this century the theory of an evolutionary method of some sort in this universe has taken fast hold upon thinking men. Especially is this the case as to the life of man as man upon our planet. While a quiet evolution is easily seen in laws and political institutions, a more violent process is no less evident. So far the progress of man has been, far more than we could have wished, by catastrophies...
Chicago University has arranged a movable observatory, to be used in Mexico for making studies of the planet Mars. Six hundred thousand dollars has already been expended on its construction and equipment...
...second and last great difficulty in out way is the immense proportion which the rest of the universe bears to this planet. This makes many believe that God would not deign to notice our little earth. That the earth is small is no proof that God could not work wonders in it. As far as we have been able to ascertain by astronomical knowledge none of the other planets are or ever will be inhabited. Nothing has hitherto been adduced to show that the Christian faith is wrong. Astronomy never has and never will show us anything which conflicts with...
...lecture will be given under the auspices of the Harvard Catholic Club. Rev. Father Searle is a well-known astronomer and has held many important places under the government and in different colleges, being at one time first assistant in the Harvard Observatory. In 1858 he discovered the minor planet (55) Pandora. He is now a regular contributor to Dr. Gould's Astronomical Journal and a Director of the Washington Catholic College Observatory at Washington...
Swifter than lightning Dante transcends the earth, and travels from planet to planet towards the highest beatitude. The first heaven is the planet of the Moon, where dwell the souls of those whose wills though set upon virtue, were unstable in character. From the Moon Beatrice lifts Dante with a look to the second heaven of Mercury, where rest the souls of those who have pursued honor and glory on earth. Their low station in heaven is owing to their excessive desire for honor while in the world of the living. The third sphere is that of the planet Venus...