Had we still paid that Homage to a Name, Which only God and Nature justly claim; The western Seas had been our utmost Bound, Where Poets still might dream the Sun was drown'd; And all the Stars that shine in Southern Skies, Had been admir'd by none but savage Eyes. Dryden. Besides the Nobleness and Pleasure of these Studies, _Wisdom_ and _Morality_ are naturally advanced, and much benefited by them, and even Religion itself receives a double Lustre, "to the Confusion of those who would have the Earth, and all Things formed by the shuffling Concourse of Atoms, or to be without Beginning." In Astronomy, as well as in natural Philosophy, though we cannot positively affirm every thing we say to be Facts and Truth, yet in so noble and sublime a Study as that of _Nature_, it is glorious, as Mr. _Huygens_ says, even to arrive at Probability. Notwithstanding then the Disadvantages which ever have attended all new Discoveries, either thro' the Ignorance of the Age, or the universal Passion of Ridicule in such contented Creatures, as can't comprehend, yet ever attacking with a fool-hardy Resolution, the advancing Ensigns of Knowledge, if Ignorance was Virtue, and Wisdom Vice; I say, regardless of this noisy Shore, it is sure our Duty to spring forward, and explore the secret Depths of Infinity, and the wonderful hidden Truths of this vast Ocean of Beings. But how the heavenly Bodies were made, when they were made, and what they are made of, and many other Things relating to their Entity, Nature, and Utility, seems in our present State not to be within the Reach of human Philosophy; but then that they do exist, have final Causes, and were ordained for some wise End, is evident beyond a Doubt, and in this Light most worthy of our Contemplation. He who thro' vast Immensity can pierce, See Worlds on Worlds compose one Universe, Observe how System into System runs, What other Planets, and what other Suns; What varied Being peoples ev'ry Star; May tell why Heav'n made all Things as they are. Pope.