Agnes Mary Clerke Quote
A history tells us... how we came to know it. It thus places facts before us in the natural order of their ascertainment, and narrates instead of enumerating. The story to be told leaves the marvels of imagination far behind, and requires no embellishment from literary art or high-flown phrases. Its best ornament is unvarnished truthfulness.
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century (1885)
