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The
general
blurring
and
shifting
of
Fraunhofer
’
s
lines
of
the
spectrum
point
,
in
my
opinion
,
to
a
widespread
cosmic
change
of
a
subtle
and
singular
character
.
Light
from
a
planet
is
the
reflected
light
of
the
sun
.
Light
from
a
star
is
a
self
-
produced
light
.
But
the
spectra
both
from
planets
and
stars
have
,
in
this
instance
,
all
undergone
the
same
change
.
Is
it
,
then
,
a
change
in
those
planets
and
stars
?
To
me
such
an
idea
is
inconceivable
.
What
common
change
could
simultaneously
come
upon
them
all
?
Is
it
a
change
in
our
own
atmosphere
?
It
is
possible
,
but
in
the
highest
degree
improbable
,
since
we
see
no
signs
of
it
around
us
,
and
chemical
analysis
has
failed
to
reveal
it
.
What
,
then
,
is
the
third
possibility
?
That
it
may
be
a
change
in
the
conducting
medium
,
in
that
infinitely
fine
ether
which
extends
from
star
to
star
and
pervades
the
whole
universe
.
Deep
in
that
ocean
we
are
floating
upon
a
slow
current
.
Might
that
current
not
drift
us
into
belts
of
ether
which
are
novel
and
have
properties
of
which
we
have
never
conceived
?
There
is
a
change
somewhere
.
This
cosmic
disturbance
of
the
spectrum
proves
it
.
It
may
be
a
good
change
.
It
may
be
an
evil
one
.
It
may
be
a
neutral
one
.
We
do
not
know
.
Shallow
observers
may
treat
the
matter
as
one
which
can
be
disregarded
,
but
one
who
like
myself
is
possessed
of
the
deeper
intelligence
of
the
true
philosopher
will
understand
that
the
possibilities
of
the
universe
are
incalculable
and
that
the
wisest
man
is
he
who
holds
himself
ready
for
the
unexpected
.
To
take
an
obvious
example
,
who
would
undertake
to
say
that
the
mysterious
and
universal
outbreak
of
illness
,
recorded
in
your
columns
this
very
morning
as
having
broken
out
among
the
indigenous
races
of
Sumatra
,
has
no
connection
with
some
cosmic
change
to
which
they
may
respond
more
quickly
than
the
more
complex
peoples
of
Europe
?
I
throw
out
the
idea
for
what
it
is
worth
.
To
assert
it
is
,
in
the
present
stage
,
as
unprofitable
as
to
deny
it
,
but
it
is
an
unimaginative
numskull
who
is
too
dense
to
perceive
that
it
is
well
within
the
bounds
of
scientific
possibility
.
"
Yours
faithfully
,
"
GEORGE
EDWARD
CHALLENGER
.
"
THE
BRIARS
,
ROTHERFIELD
.
"
"
It
’
s
a
fine
,
steemulating
letter
,
"
said
McArdle
thoughtfully
,
fitting
a
cigarette
into
the
long
glass
tube
which
he
used
as
a
holder
.
"
What
’
s
your
opeenion
of
it
,
Mr
.
Malone
?
"
I
had
to
confess
my
total
and
humiliating
ignorance
of
the
subject
at
issue
.
What
,
for
example
,
were
Fraunhofer
’
s
lines
?
McArdle
had
just
been
studying
the
matter
with
the
aid
of
our
tame
scientist
at
the
office
,
and
he
picked
from
his
desk
two
of
those
many
-
coloured
spectral
bands
which
bear
a
general
resemblance
to
the
hat
-
ribbons
of
some
young
and
ambitious
cricket
club
.
He
pointed
out
to
me
that
there
were
certain
black
lines
which
formed
crossbars
upon
the
series
of
brilliant
colours
extending
from
the
red
at
one
end
through
gradations
of
orange
,
yellow
,
green
,
blue
,
and
indigo
to
the
violet
at
the
other
.
"
Those
dark
bands
are
Fraunhofer
’
s
lines
,
"
said
he
.
"
The
colours
are
just
light
itself
.
Every
light
,
if
you
can
split
it
up
with
a
prism
,
gives
the
same
colours
.
They
tell
us
nothing
.
It
is
the
lines
that
count
,
because
they
vary
according
to
what
it
may
be
that
produces
the
light
.
It
is
these
lines
that
have
been
blurred
instead
of
clear
this
last
week
,
and
all
the
astronomers
have
been
quarreling
over
the
reason
.
Here
’
s
a
photograph
of
the
blurred
lines
for
our
issue
to
-
morrow
.
The
public
have
taken
no
interest
in
the
matter
up
to
now
,
but
this
letter
of
Challenger
’
s
in
the
Times
will
make
them
wake
up
,
I
’
m
thinking
.
"
"
And
this
about
Sumatra
?
"
