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the greatest of all the sciences, or that those
who have handled the theoretical or practi-
cal side might be led by them to read in the
original some of the classics of astronomy.
Many students have much compassion for
the schoolboy of to-day, who is not allowed
the luxury of learning the art of reasoning
from him who still remains pre-eminently
its greatest exponent, Euclid. These stu-
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