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THE EVOLUTION OF WORLDS

through one of days, then of weeks. Care was taken to guard against illusion. It thus became evident

Venus. October. 1896–March,, 1897—Drawings by Dr. Lowell.

that they bore always the same relation to the illuminated portion of the disk. This illuminated part,