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Chapter 2

           Thesepeopleareundercontinualdisquietudes,neverenjoyingaminutespeaceofmind;andtheirdisturbancesproceedfromcauseswhichverylittleaffecttherestofmortals.Theirapprehensionsarisefromseveralchangestheydreadinthecelestialbodies:forinstance,thattheearth,bythecontinualapproachesofthesuntowardsit,must,incourseoftime,beabsorbed,orswallowedup;thatthefaceofthesun,will,bydegrees,beencrustedwithitsowneffluvia,andgivenomorelighttotheworld;thattheearthverynarrowlyescapedabrushfromthetailofthelastcomet,whichwouldhaveinfalliblyreducedittoashes;andthatthenext,whichtheyhavecalculatedforone-and-thirtyyearshence,willprobablydestroyus.Forif,initsperihelion,itshouldapproachwithinacertaindegreeofthesun(asbytheircalculationstheyhavereasontodread)itwillreceiveadegreeofheattenthousandtimesmoreintensethanthatofredhotglowingiron,andinitsabsencefromthesun,carryablazingtailtenhundredthousandandfourteenmileslong,throughwhich,iftheearthshouldpassatthedistanceofonehundredthousandmilesfromthenucleus,ormainbodyofthecomet,itmustinitspassagebesetonfire,andreducedtoashes:thatthesun,dailyspendingitsrayswithoutanynutrimenttosupplythem,willatlastbewhollyconsumedandannihilated;whichmustbeattendedwiththedestructionofthisearth,andofalltheplanetsthatreceivetheirlightfromit.

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