George Ellery Hale quotes
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“Like buried treasures, the outposts of the universe have beckoned to the adventurous from immemorial times...”
-- George Ellery HaleSource : George Ellery Hale (1931). “Signals from the Stars”
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“Like buried treasures, the outposts of the universe have beckoned to the adventurous from immemorial times. Princes and potentates, political or industrial, equally with men of science, have felt the lure of the uncharted seas of space, and through their provision of instrumental means the sphere of exploration has made new discoveries and brought back permanent additions to our knowledge of the heavens.”
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“Starlight is falling on every square mile of the earth's surface, and the best we can do at present is to gather up and concentrate the rays that strike at area 100 inches in diameter.”
-- George Ellery HaleSource : George Ellery Hale (1931). “Signals from the Stars”
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“Some think that solar work is pretty well played out. In reality, it is only beginning.”
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Source : Ada Leverson (2012). “Tenterhooks”, p.130, tredition
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“The world no longer lets me love, My hope and treasure are above.”
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“No one but an adventurous traveler can know the luxury of sleep.”
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“If you gave [Jerry] Falwell an enema he could be buried in a matchbox.”
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“Truth gets buried, that's why people write autobiographies.”
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“The buried talent is the sunken rock on which most lives strike and founder.”
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