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were so far ahead of theory that hopeless
confusion appeared to reign; and then one
chance result has given a clue, and from
that time all differences and difficulties in
the previous researches have stood forth as
natural consequences, explaining one another
in a rational sequence. So we find par-
allax, proper motion, double stars, binary
systems, variable stars, and new stars all
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