Astronomy is a cold, desert science, with all its pompous figures,-dep…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Astronomy is a cold, desert science, with all its pompous figures,-depends a little too much on the glass-grinder, too little on the mind. 'T is of no use to show us more planets and systems. We know already what matter is, and more or less of it does not signify. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edward Waldo Emerson (1904). The complete works of Ralph Waldo Emerson
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