As if an astronomical observatory should be made without any windows, and the astronomer within should arrange the starry universe solely by pen, ink, and paper, so Mr. Gradgrind, in his Observatory (and there are many like it), had no need to cast an eye upon the teeming myriads of human beings around him, but could settle all their destinies on a slate, and wipe out all their tears with one dirty little bit of sponge.
Behatoki astronomikoa leihorik gabe egingo balitz, astronomoak unibertso izartsua gela barrean antolatu beharko luke, idazluma, tinta eta papera soilik erabiliz;