NEPTUNE

Will be evening star during the month, rising on the 1st at 11:24 in the

forenoon, and setting next morning at 1:14; on the 15th, rising at 10:29

a. m., and setting on the 16th at 12:19 a. m.; and on the 29th, rising at

9:35 a. m., and setting at 11:25 the same evening. Its diameter is 2.6″.

Motion direct, amounting to 16′ 56″ of arc. On the 4th, at 6:33 a. m.,

is 11′ north of the moon; and on the 7th, at 9 a. m., is 90° east of the

sun. Rises about forty-eight minutes earlier than Saturn.

* * * * *

Whoever wishes to perform something noble, if he would produce some great

work, collects quietly and perseveringly the mightiest powers into the

smallest space.—_Schiller._

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