"... finding that in [the Moon] there is a provision of light and heat; also in appearance, a soil proper for habitation fully as good as ours, if not perhaps better who can say that it is not extremely probable, nay beyond doubt, that there must be inhabitants on the Moon of some kind or other?"

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Source : William Herschel (2013). “The Scientific Papers of Sir William Herschel”, p.90, Cambridge University Press

William Herschel

#Science Quotes #Moon Quotes #Light Quotes

“Of beer, an enthusiast has said that it could never be bad, but that some brands might be better than others.”
“If you're not in the parade, you watch the parade. That's life.”
“It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.”
“Language is not simply a reporting device for experience but a defining framework for it.”
“During my childhood years in a Catholic school, one teacher who was more nuts than the rest told me I'd fry in hell if I were a lesbian so I thought maybe the best idea was to be straight.”
“No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people placed over him are unfair, from year to year he lapses into an embittered state characterized by an extreme lack of faith.”
“It doesn't matter where you live...It doesn't matter how you live. It doesn't matter what car you drive. It doesn't matter what kind of clothes you wear.”
“In the winter she curls up around a good book and dreams away the cold.”

Source : Ben Aaronovitch (2013). “Broken Homes”, p.151, Hachette UK

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