John Herschel Quotes about Astronomy

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The barrier has begun to yield.

Yield, Astronomy, Cosmology

John Herschel (2014). “Essays from the Edinburgh and Quarterly Reviews”, p.550, Cambridge University Press

Geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranks, in the scale of the sciences, next to astronomy.

Next, Astronomy, Treats

Sir John Frederick William Herschel (1851). “Preliminary discourse on the study of natural philosophy”, p.287