 | Samuel Pierpont Langley - Astronomy - 1887 - 284 pages
...prepared us ? I have read somewhere a story about a race of ephemeral insects who live but an hour. To those who are born in the early morning the sunrise...sees the sun decline, from that which saw it rise. Imagine the sun about to set, and the whole nation of mites gathered under the shadow of some mushroom... | |
 | Samuel Pierpont Langley - Astronomy - 1887 - 286 pages
...prepared us! I have read somewhere a story about a race of ephemeral insects who live but an hour. To those who are born in the early morning the sunrise...sees the sun decline, from that which saw it rise. Imagine the sun about to set, and the whole nation of mites gathered under the shadow of some mushroom... | |
 | Carl Snyder - Celestial mechanics - 1907 - 520 pages
...ever be salutary :— " We have read somewhere of a race of ephemeral insects who live but an hour. To those who are born in the early morning, the sunrise...to mid-day; while it is another race which sees the sun's decline from that which saw it rise. Imagine the sun about to set, and the whole nation of mites... | |
 | Carl Snyder - Celestial mechanics - 1907 - 520 pages
...ever be salutary :— " We have read somewhere of a race of ephemeral insects who live but an hour. To those who are born in the early morning, the sunrise...to mid-day; while it is another race which sees the sun's decline from that which saw it rise. Imagine the sun about to set, and the whole nation of mites... | |
 | Carl Snyder - Astronomy - 1907 - 512 pages
...ever be salutary :— " We have read somewhere of a race of ephemeral insects who live but an hour. To those who are born in the early morning, the sunrise...to mid-day; while it is another race which sees the sun's decline from that which saw it rise. Imagine the sun about to set, and the whole nation of mites... | |
 | James Harvey Robinson, Charles Austin Beard - Europe - 1909 - 586 pages
...Langley, in a little parable. We have read somewhere of a race of ephemeral insects who live but an hour. To those who are born in the early morning the sunrise is the time of youth. They die of old age while the sun's beams are yet gathering force, and only their descendants live on to midday; while it is... | |
 | James Harvey Robinson, Charles Austin Beard - Europe - 1909 - 576 pages
...insects 406. A para who live but an hour. To those who are born in the early ble on the ' ignorance morning the sunrise is the time of youth. They die of old age O f man while the sun's beams are yet gathering force, and only their descendants live on to midday;... | |
 | James Harvey Robinson, Charles Austin Beard - Europe - 1909 - 576 pages
...ephemeral insects 406. A parawho live but an hour. To those who are born in the early !> le on the morning the sunrise is the time of youth. They die of old age O f man while the sun's beams are yet gathering force, and only their descendants live on to midday;... | |
 | James Harvey Robinson, Charles Austin Beard - Europe - 1909 - 584 pages
...of ephemeral insects 406. A parawho live but an hour. To those who are born in the early ^ Ie on the morning the sunrise is the time of youth. They die of old age 0 f man while the sun's beams are yet gathering force, and only their descendants live on to midday;... | |
 | Allegheny Observatory - 1910 - 476 pages
...the stars:—"I have read somewhere a story about a race of ephemeral insects who live about an hour. To those who are born in the early morning the sunrise is the time of youth. They die of old age while his beams are yet gathering force, and only their descendants live on to midda} 7 ; while it is another... | |
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To those who are born in the early morning the sunrise is the time of youth. They die of old age while its beams are yet gathering force, and only their descendants live on to midday: while it is another race which sees the sun decline, from that which... 
