"As an astronomer in the true sense of the term, Sir John Herschel stood before all his contemporaries. Nay, he stood almost alone."

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Source : Richard A. Proctor (1872). “Essays on astronomy: a series of papers on planets and meteors, the sun and sun-surrounding space, stars and star cloudets, and a dissertation on the approaching transits of venus : preceded by a scetch of the life and work of Sir John Herschel”, p.1

Richard A. Proctor

#Astronomers Quotes #Term Quotes

“There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.”

Source : Henry Van Dyke (2007). “Counsels by the Way”, p.129, Wildside Press LLC
“Be afraid of the Chinese. I mean, the Chinese shoot down satellites in space; they hack into Google's computers; the Osama bin Laden people can't make their underwear blow up.”

Source : "The Colbert Report", May 02, 2011.
“Power is no more than a part, no more than the tip of the iceberg of limitless profundity and sublimate of Karate.”
“I learnt all the words worthy of the court of blood So that I could break the rule I learnt all the words and broke them up To make a single word: Homeland..”
“Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time.”
“We live in our fantasies and endure our realities.”
“When a city is inundated with water, the water will move in all of the streets. Every pathway that has been made will be used. It doesnâ€™t matter the reason of its making.”
“I consider myself normal. I've spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that's normal.”

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