Flammarion Camille . [1842-1925] In the heavens and on earth - Essays and short stories 1908 [djvu 134sc 135c. 19. 98mb]Summer nights are solemn and majestic! How many sweet hours do you deliver to contemplative souls. Sunlight, daytime noise, the incessant work of nature, the struggle for existence, the domination of matter, the ambition of the lowly or the sublime of all mankind, command, excite, fill the world from sunrise to sunset. The existence of man, captured and carried away by the whirlpool of life, no longer belongs to him. On the contrary, at night the earthly nature falls asleep and gives way to the dominion and greatness of the sky. The soul can find itself, forget about the body, bloom like a flower in the silent air, lonely to dream, to contemplate, to study, to know, to feel, to live a spiritual life. And enjoy the splendour of the fleeting premonition of truth.