| The eclipse of the sun, the occultation of Venus, the arrival and departure
of the comets, the annual shower of stars -- all these things hint to us
that the same Nature which delights in periodical repetition in the skies
is the Nature which orders the affairs of the earth. Let us not underrate
the value of that hint. - "Passage from a Lecture" published in Fables of Man |
 AI image created by Barbara Schmidt |
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An occultation of Venus is not half so difficult as an eclipse
of the sun, but because it comes seldom the world thinks it's a grand
thing. I study astronomy more than any other foolishness there
is. I am a perfect slave to it. I am at it all the time. I have got more
smoked glass than clothes. |
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