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

Plato

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

Edwin Hubble

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

Anaxagoras

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