As an astronomer in the true sense of the term, Sir John Herschel stood before all his contemporaries. Nay, he stood almost alone. — Richard A. Proctor Copy Share Image
The whole system has been long since swept away, and its records merely remain as illustrations of perverted ingenuity. — Richard A. Proctor Copy Share Image
From youth to middle, and often to past middle, age, most men are apt to be too closely engaged in the struggle of life… — Richard A. Proctor Copy Share Image
Astronomy ... is of all others the science which seems to present to us the most striking instance of waste in nature. — Richard A. Proctor Copy Share Image
As an astronomer in the true sense of the term, Sir John Herschel stood before all his contemporaries. Nay, he stood almost alone. — Richard A. Proctor Copy Share Image
