Planets Move In Ellipses With The Sun

I Measured The Skies, Now The Shadows I Measure, Sky-bound Was The Mind, Earth-bound The Body Rests. [kepler's Epitaph]

We Do Not Ask For What Useful Purpose The Birds Do Sing, For Song Is Their Pleasure Since They Were Created For Singing. Similarly, We Ought Not To Ask Why The Human Mind Troubles To Fathom The Secrets Of The Heavens.

When Ships To Sail The Void Between The Stars Have Been Built, There Will Step Forth Men To Sail These Ships.

There Will Certainly Be No Lack Of Human Pioneers When We Have Mastered The Art Of Flight....let Us Create Vessels And Sails Justed To The Heavenly Ether, And There Will Be Plenty Of People Unafraid Of The Empty Wastes. In The Meantime We Shall Prepare, For The Brave Sky-travelers, Maps Of The Celestial Bodies.

It May Be Well To Wait A Century For A Reader, As God Has Waited Six Thousand Years For An Observer.