Excerpt from The Outermost Rim and Beyond: A Contribution Toward Patience, Reverence, Silence and Spirituality, in the Study of Nature and of God The following treatise is only a contribution toward reverential thought upon divine things and not an effort to end controversy. What it omits of sacred truth is not, therefore, to be held as denied, doubted or even slighted; and what it dwells upon is not purposely pushed forward into relatively undue prominence. This little work does not presume to rebuild the ruins of the observatories of this or that school, but rather to show that patience and reverence and Spirituality can study the heavens anywhere in the open fields. It is written in hope that it may strengthen faith and courage in the hearts of some that falter, panic-stricken over the perils which in this age beset the cause of religion; and it utters the firm and calm be lief of the author, that, though stand-points may change and conceptions enlarge, the Truth will prevail. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.