. Astronomy and the Bible; . asthus they tilted over abysmal worlds,— a mighty cryarose,— that systems more mysterious, that worldsmore billowy, other heights and other depths, werecoming, were nearing, were at hand. CELESTIAL MAGNITUDES 121 Then the man sighed, and stopped, shuddered, andwept. His overladen heart uttered itself in tears, andhe said: Angel, I will go no farther; for the spiritof man acheth with this infinity. Insufferable is theglory of God. Let me lie down in the grave, and hideme from the persecution of the infinite; for end, I see,there is none. And from the listening stars
. Astronomy and the Bible; . asthus they tilted over abysmal worlds,— a mighty cryarose,— that systems more mysterious, that worldsmore billowy, other heights and other depths, werecoming, were nearing, were at hand. CELESTIAL MAGNITUDES 121 Then the man sighed, and stopped, shuddered, andwept. His overladen heart uttered itself in tears, andhe said: Angel, I will go no farther; for the spiritof man acheth with this infinity. Insufferable is theglory of God. Let me lie down in the grave, and hideme from the persecution of the infinite; for end, I see,there is none. And from the listening stars thatshone around issued a choral voice: The man speakstruly: end there is none that ever yet we heard of.*End is there none? the angel solemnly demanded; isthere no end? And this is the sorrow that kills you?But no voice answered, that he might answer the angel threw up his glorious hands to theheavens of heavens, saying: End there is none to theuniverse of God. Lo, also, there is no beginning! —
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