Edward D. Swift

Edward D. Swift (born 1871) was an American astronomer. He was the son of the astronomer Lewis Swift.

His father discovered many comets, and Edward Swift followed in his footsteps by co-discovering the periodic comet 54P/de Vico-Swift-NEAT.

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    I’ve learned one thing about life. We’re a good deal like that ball, dancing on the fountain. We know as little about the forces that move us, and move the world around us, as that empty ball does.
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    Sometimes we have to go through the darkness alone, before we can see the light.
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    It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally be done again: and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against common justice and the general reason of mankind.
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