If a man will comprehend the richness and variety of the universe, and…

A. E. Housman
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If a man will comprehend the richness and variety of the universe, and inspire his mind with a due measure of wonder and awe, he must contemplate the human intellect not only on its heights of genius but in its abysses of ineptitude. ✨ Marcus Manilius, A. E. Housman (2011). Astronomicon, p.19, Cambridge University Press
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