Universal Organic Life.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 September 1910, Page 4

Universal Organic Life.

A recent cablegram informed iiis that an exceptionally gifted astronomer in the United States, Professor See, of the San Francisco Naval Observatory, has declared after ten years of study and research, that the planets aue inhabited by intelligent beings. There is a certain amount of humorous Gilbertian assumption in such a "declaration" which is of such a nature as to involve in its utterer the possession of omniscient attributes. The ten years of research were not spent in planetary altitudes, and humanity must therefore be excused for not becoming excited. The idea is an ancient one, and why the Professor's opinion should be regarded as worth a cable message we cannot understand. Tlio astronomical student is of value to mankind when }ig engages himself with celestial wonders that come within the range of his telescope. When ho becomes dreamily and fancifully speculative his opinion is of no greater value than that of a philosopher-who is too poor to buy a telescope. But the wonders of the Universe are so marvellous that ono can understand Professor See. or any astronomer, becoming a poot.