
Astronomy Compels the Soul to Look Upwards and Leads us from This World to Another
Plato

Equipped with His Five Senses, Man Explores the Universe Around Him and Calls the Adventure Science.
Edwin Hubble

The Purpose of Life is the Investigation of the Sun, the Moon, and the Heavens.
Anaxagoras

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