An Astronomo-Legal Difficulty
Ignoramus
Genre: | Letter, Spoof |
Subjects: | Astronomy, Natural Law |
The writer informs Punch of his lack of scientific education. Wants an explanation for the 'Periodic Comet of Arrest'. Asks whether this means that comets, despite their movement in 'upper circles', are not free from the 'disagreeable operations of the Law' to which humans are subjected. | |
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