Word: problems
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...include the whole sky, and thus give them a completeness unattainable at any single station. A second expedition to Southern California furnishes a mountain station under climatic conditions much superior to those of the eastern portion of the United States, and promises to be a satisfactory solution of the problem contemplated by Mr. Boyden in his will, namely, the study of the solar eclipse. All these plans greatly increase the work accomplished by the observatory and yet, notwithstanding the large addition to its resources, the entire income has been expended in nearly all of its departments...
...Between Two Worlds" a powerful sketch by M. Wilcox, is suggested a problem of theosophy. Its defect is an unsatisfactory vagueness which is not dispelled by skill in narration...
...must not, the preacher said, construe as literal this prayer of Johua that the sun may stand still. It is really a prayer not for more light, out for a better understanding of the preciousness of time. With that it shall be as if the sun stood still. The problem for us to solve is how we shall use the time that we have to better advantage. We must use all our life, use it with all our might, and with all the available might of God. For getting and doing good, one day of our life, with...