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May our readers be induced, by their perusal of these pages, to emulate
the Herschels--brother, sister, nephew--in all the bright and lovely
qualities that ennoble life; in their fixity of purpose, their elevation
of thought, their purity of character, their self-denial, their
industry, their hopefulness, and their faith!
[The following inscription is engraved on Miss Herschel's tomb.
It begins: "Hier ruhet die irdische Huelle von CAROLINA
HERSCHEL, Geboren zu Hannover den 16ten Marz 1750, Gestorben,
den 9ten Januar 1848." But, for the convenience of our young
readers, we give it in English:--
HERE RESTS THE EARTHLY CASE OF
C A R O L I N E H E R S C H E L.
BORN AT HANOVER, MARCH 10, 1750.
DIED JANUARY 9, 1848.
"The eyes of her now glorified were, while here below, directed
towards the starry heavens. Her own discoveries of comets, and
her share in the immortal labours of her brother, William
Herschel, bear witness of this to succeeding ages.
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