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and most solid of all the sciences, refuse to
invite others to join them in vain specula-
tion. The writer has, therefore, in this short
History, tried to follow that great master,
Airy, whose pupil he was, and the key to
whose character was exactness and accu-
racy; and he recognises that Science is im-
potent except in her own limited sphere.
It has been necessary to curtail many
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