"If this [the Mysterium cosmographicum] is published, others……" — Johannes Kepler
"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 to be recognized from the book of Nature, that these things may be published as quickly as possible. The more others build on my work the happier I shall be."
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Johannes Kepler
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69 Quotes by Johannes Kepler
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O telescope, instrument of knowledge, more precious than any sceptre.
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