Of all tools, an observatory is the most sublime. . . . What is so good in a college as an observatory? The sublime attaches to the door and to the first stair you ascent, that this is the road to the stars. β¨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Richard Lee Grossman (2005). A Year with Emerson: A Daybook, p.162, David R. Godine Publisher
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