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The phenomena of nature, especially those that fall under the inspection of the astronomer, are to be viewed, not only with the…
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I have looked further into space than ever human being did before me. I have observed stars of which the light, it…
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The undevout astronomer must be mad.
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In the fabulous ages of ancient times the appellations of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn were given to the planets as…
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We need not hesitate to admit that the Sun is richly stored with inhabitants.
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The heavens are now seen to resemble a luxuriant garden, which contains the greatest variety of productions, in different flourishing beds.
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I have looked farther into space than ever a human being did before me.
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He broke through the barriers of the skies.
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... finding that in [the Moon] there is a provision of light and heat; also in appearance, a soil proper for habitation…
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That planet has a considerable but moderate atmosphere. So that the inhabitants probably enjoy a situation in many respects similar to ours.
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Since stars appear to be suns, and suns, according to the common opinion, are bodies that serve to enlighten, warm, and sustain…
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We see it [the as-yet unseen, probable new planet, Neptune] as Columbus saw America from the coast of Spain. Its movements have…
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In the fabulous ages of ancient times the appellations of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn were given to the planets as…
— William Herschel
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BIRTH, n. The first and direst of all disasters. As to the nature of it there appears to be no uniformity. Castor…
— Ambrose Bierce
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Perched upon a bust of Pallas, just above my chamber door,- Perched, and sat, and nothing more.
— Edgar Allan Poe
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I have my 1973 Citroen DS 23 Pallas. I drive it all the time. It's still the most beautiful shape in the…
— Brian Johnson
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Eloquence, to produce her full effect, should start from the head of the orator, as Pallas from the brain of Jove, completely…
— Charles Caleb Colton
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And the Raven, never flitting, Still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas Just above my chamber door;…
— Edgar Allan Poe
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More like a chocolate molten lava cake. A dessert so sinful, so luscious, so filled with inner heat it made a girl…
— Julie James
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And as for you Agent Pallas – man-to-man, if you ever insult my girl on national television again, I’ll…” he stopped. Everyone…
— Julie James
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Free will is "corrupted nature's deformed darling, the Pallas or beloved self-conception of darkened minds"
— John Owen
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