
For
the pastor or former astronomer at the beginning, a star was only one
point flashing light in the sky, which seemed almost on the verge of
being expelled by each passing breeze. Some thought of the brightest stars of gems set in massive dome of the sky. It
was not until several centuries had rolled past some weary men have
perhaps suggest that the stars are very large and very hot and bright as
the sun, and its great distance...