They exist to such a degree that we know them in part.
And, if that part is infinitesimal in proportion to their immensity, it is none the less very appreciable in proportion to the part of accomplished things of which we can have any knowledge.

It is permissible to say that, for us, the future is not much more obscure than the past.

We know that generations will follow generations in labour, joy and suffering.

I look beyond the duration of the human race.
I see the constellations slowly changing in the heavens those forms of theirs which seem immutable; I see the Wain unharnessed from its ancient team, the shield of Orion broken in twain, Sirius extinguished.

We know that the sun will rise to-morrow and that for a long time to come it will rise every morning amid the dense clouds or in light mists." Adolphe Meunier entered discreetly on tiptoe.
The doctor grasped his hand warmly.
"Good day, Monsieur Meunier.