"Astronomy now demands bodily abstraction of its devotee --- to see into the beyond requires purity --- and the secureing it makes him perforce a hermit from his kind ---- he must abandon cities and forego plains --- only in places raised above and aloof from men can he profitably persue his search -- he must learn to wait upon his opportunities and then no less to wait from mankind's acceptance of his results --- for in common with most explorers he will encounter on his return that fnal penalty of penetration the certainty at first of being disbelieved ---