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Man Is Slightly Nearer To The Atom Than To The Star. ... From His Central Position Man Can Survey The Grandest Works Of Nature With The Astronomer, Or The Minutest Works With The Physicist. ... [k]nowledge Of The Stars Leads Through The Atom; And Important Knowledge Of The Atom Has Been Reached Through The Stars.

We Are Bits Of Stellar Matter That Got Cold By Accident, Bits Of A Star Gone Wrong.

Science Is One Thing, Wisdom Is Another. Science Is An Edged Tool, With Which Men Play Like Children, And Cut Their Own Fingers. If You Look At The Results Which Science Has Brought In Its Train, You Will Find Them To Consist Almost Wholly In Elements Of Mischief. See How Much Belongs To The Word "explosion" Alone, Of Which The Ancients Knew Nothing.

It Is Also A Good Rule Not To Put Overmuch Confidence In The Observational Results That Are Put Forward Until They Are Confirmed By Theory.

For The Truth Of The Conclusions Of Physical Science, Observation Is The Supreme Court Of Appeal.