What we need is a big telescope in every village and hamlet and some bloke there with that fire in his eye who can show something of the glory the world sails in. (inventor of the Dobsonian telescope and “guiding light” to amateur astronomers)
Astronauts - Astronomy Quotes
In this matter, it behooves all those who wish to make such observations to be forewarned. For it is necessary first that they prepare a most accurate glass that shows objects brightly, distinctly, and not veiled by any obscurity; and second that it multiply them at least four hundred times and show them twenty times […]
None of these gods could give a true account of the creation of this little earth. All were woefully deficient in geology and astronomy. As a rule, they were most miserable legislators, and as executives, they were far inferior to the average of American presidents.
