National Observatory

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“The national distrust of the contemplative temperament arises less from an innate Philistinism than from a suspicion of anything that cannot be counted, stuffed, framed or mounted over the fireplace in the den.”
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“Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see new worlds at once.”
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