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about the distances, proper motions, and
                                         orbits of the stars; but this must be done
                                         elsewhere. Enough has been said to show
                                         how results are accumulating which must
                                         in time unfold to us the various stellar sys-
                                         tems and their mutual relationships.
                                             Variable Stars. –It has often happened
                                         in the history of different branches of physi-
                                         cal science that observation and experiment
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