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Like buried treasures, the outposts of the universe have beckoned to the adventurous from immemorial times...

Like buried treasures, the outposts of the universe have beckoned to the adventurous from immemorial times...

George Ellery Hale
Science, Treasure, Adventurous
George Ellery Hale (1931). “Signals from the Stars”

Like buried treasures, the outposts of the universe have beckoned to the adventurous from immemorial times. Princes and potentates, political or industrial, equally with men of science, have felt the lure of the uncharted seas of space, and through their provision of instrumental means the sphere of exploration has made new discoveries and brought back permanent additions to our knowledge of the heavens.

George Ellery Hale
Adventure, Knowledge, Mean

Some think that solar work is pretty well played out. In reality, it is only beginning.

George Ellery Hale
Future, Reality, Thinking

Starlight is falling on every square mile of the earth's surface, and the best we can do at present is to gather up and concentrate the rays that strike at area 100 inches in diameter.

George Ellery Hale
Fall, Squares, Rays
George Ellery Hale (1931). “Signals from the Stars”

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