If this [the Mysterium cosmographicum] is published, others will perhaps make discoveries I might have reserved for myself. But we are all ephemeral creatures (and none more so than I). I have, therefore, for the Glory of God, who wants… — Johannes Kepler Copy Share Image
I think most of the things I published have been published out of desperation, not because they were perfected. — M. H. Abrams Copy Share Image
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