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star’s life, and how to distinguish between
one that is increasing and another that is
decreasing in temperature.
The more cautious astronomers believe
that chemistry is not sufficiently advanced
to justify all of these deductions; that, un-
til chemists have settled the lately raised
question of the transmutation of elements,
no theory can be sure. It is also held that
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