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# Richard A. Proctor

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##  Quotes by Richard A. Proctor

> [The whole system has been long since swept away, and its records merely remain as illustrations of perverted ingenuity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-a-proctor/the-whole-system-has-been-long-since-swept-away-and-its-records/)

Richard A. Proctor

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30d/richard-a-proctor-73754_has-beens_the-whole-system-has-been-long-since-swe_671116.jpg)

> [From youth to middle, and often to past middle, age, most men are apt to be too closely engaged in the struggle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-a-proctor/from-youth-to-middle-and-often-to-past-middle-age-most-men-are-apt-to/)

Richard A. Proctor

[Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/)

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> [Astronomy ... is of all others the science which seems to present to us the most striking instance of waste in nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-a-proctor/astronomy-is-of-all-others-the-science-which-seems-to-present-to-us/)

Richard A. Proctor

[Astronomy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bf/richard-a-proctor-73754_astronomy_astronomy-is-of-all-others-the-science-w_1952462.jpg)

> [As an astronomer in the true sense of the term, Sir John Herschel stood before all his contemporaries. Nay, he stood almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-a-proctor/as-an-astronomer-in-the-true-sense-of-the-term-sir-john-herschel/)

Richard A. Proctor

[Astronomer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40e/richard-a-proctor-73754_astronomers_as-an-astronomer-in-the-true-sense-of-th_1996065.jpg)

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