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Whatever gravity was, it must work, because he (Galileo) had the math to prove it.

— Richard Panek Seeing and Believing: How the Telescope Opened Our Eyes and Minds to the Heavens (1998)

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The universe is a work in progress.

Seeing and Believing: How the Telescope Opened Our Eyes and Minds to the Heavens (1998)

It is indeed like that, how often we are held by prejudice, so that we either do not admit what is before our eyes or bow as much as possible to a preconceived opinion because of the perverse wont of human nature. Nor do I except myself from that weakness.

Seeing and Believing: How the Telescope Opened Our Eyes and Minds to the Heavens (1998)

Once, when his wife suggested that he attend church on Sunday for the sake of the children, Hale answered, “My creed is truth, wherever it may lead, and I believe that no creed is finer than this (the 100-inch telescope).”

Seeing and Believing: How the Telescope Opened Our Eyes and Minds to the Heavens (1998)

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