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oretical astronomy,” nor a complete ”de-
scriptive astronomy,” and still less a book
on ”speculative astronomy.” Something of
each of these is essential, however, for trac-
ing the progress of thought and knowledge
which it is the object of this History to de-
scribe.
The progress of human knowledge is mea-
sured by the increased habit of looking at
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