"We do not ask for what purpose the birds do sing, for their song is pleasure
since they were created for singing. Similarly, we ought not ask why the
human mind troubles to fathom the secrets of the heavens. The diversity
of the phenomena of Nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in the
heavens so rich, precisely in order that the human mind shall never be
lacking in fresh nourishment." -- Kepler
"The poetry of motion is a phrase much in use, and to enjoy the epic
form of that gratification it is necessary to stand on a hill at a small
hour of the night, and, having first expanded with a sense of difference
from the mass of civilized mankind, who are dreamwrapt and disregardful of
all such proceedings at this time, long and quietly watch your stately
progress through the stars. After such a nocturnal reconnoitre it is
hard to get back to earth, and to believe that the consciousness of
such majestic speeding is derived from a tiny human frame." -- Thomas Hardy
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