A "Psalm" of Light
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A "Psalm" of Light Author(s): Beta Source: The Scientific Monthly, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jul., 1926), p. 96 Published by: American Association for the Advancement of Science Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/7585 . Accessed: 02/05/2014 11:27 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. . American Association for the Advancement of Science is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Scientific Monthly. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 194.29.185.46 on Fri, 2 May 2014 11:27:10 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions
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A "Psalm" of LightAuthor(s): BetaSource: The Scientific Monthly, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jul., 1926), p. 96Published by: American Association for the Advancement of ScienceStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/7585 .
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96 THE SCIENTIFIC MONTHLY
eclipse parties, due to the foresight and efforts of Director Voute, of the Bossehe Observatory, Lembang, Java, and of Mr. Kerkhoven, of Bandoeng, Java, Secre-
tary of the Netherland-Indian Astronom- ical Society, and of the ever-helpful ac- tivities of Controleur Wink, of Kepa- hiang.
A " PSALM " OF LIGHT
BY BETA
Tell me not in Einstein's numbers Time is but an empty dream And the space is dead that cumbers And things are not where they seem. Time is real, space is earnest V o'er c is but a tool With which thou perhaps discernest But a jot of nature's rule. Not Minkowski, no nor Riemen, Framed our destined end or way; Nor yet Maxwell nor his demon Fix the ether or its sway. Larmor's curls and Planck's equation Order not one single flash,
Nor can Lorentz' transformation Transcend mortal's mental hash. Whims of wranglers all remind us "As the twig, the tree's inclined." And howe'er their bents may blind us "Naught exists without the mind." Wrangler's art is set on axioms, Man-coneeived, by man expressed And like most of man's contraptionis May have faults when brought to test. Let us then not be excited Just because the starlight curves:- Euclid's line was thought, not sighted, Common sense, as ever, serves.
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