Observation Always Involves Theory.

Astronomy Is Something Like The Ministry. No One Should Go Into It Without A Call. I Got That Unmistakable Call, And I Know That Even If I Were Second-rate Or Third-rate, It Was Astronomy That Mattered.

The History Of Astronomy Is A History Of Receding Horizons.

Science Is The One Human Activity That Is Truly Progressive. The Body Of Positive Knowledge Is Transmitted From Generation To Generation.

The Outstanding Feature, However, Is The Possibility That The Velocity-distance Relation May Represent The De Sitter Effect, And Hence That Numerical Data May Be Introduced Into Discussions Of The General Curvature Of Space.

All Nature Is A Vast Symbolism: Every Material Fact Has Sheathed Within It A Spiritual Truth.