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Looking forward, looking back

Each astronomer can have a peak to himself

Astronomy at altitude

Blankets and brandy

Prospects for a good day

A mammoth excursion

Crowded with tourists

Amony the favored mortals of Earth

Weather splendid : clear as hell

Candles consumed in the pursuit of science

Intensely black

A sublime and joyous vision

Difficulties of a high mountain peak

The celebrated inventor

All good women, and true

The ghost around the sun

Crossing the charmed circle

The savage and the scholar

An exceedingly pleasant memory

The generation now on stage

The beginnings of high-altitude astronomy