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Show Our Son Star. Most young folks now know that the difference between night and day on thi planet of ours arisis Bimply from the fsct, tbrut among the innumerable multitude multi-tude of stars there isone infinitely nearer to ns than all the rest; bemg so much nearer to ns that when we see it we have ay. When by tho earth's movement cn its axis tho sun hm wt in the west we have night; at which, time wo dejieni) for light upon tho inoro distant stars tiuloss, indeed, tlw moon in (-hining. In tho main, it is true that the enormous enor-mous diiTiTenco in the intensity of tho light that we rociiva f vuiu tiiu sun in the ono case, and from all the stars seen at night in the other, depends upon ihe fact that the sun is tho star neam-t to as, ant', the other Btars aro snns infinitely re-jnoved. re-jnoved. J. NonnaJi Lockyer in Youth's Companion. |