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Knowledge is nothing but the just and full comprehension of the real nature of things, physical, intellectual, and moral; it is co-existence with the universe of being; reaching back to the dawn of time, and forward to its consummation.

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Astronomy is, not without reason, regarded, by mankind, as the sublimest of the natural sciences. Its objects, so frequently visible, and therefore familiar, being always remote and inaccessible, do not lose their dignity.

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What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
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Benjamin Silliman Jr.
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Born: December 4, 1816
Died: January 14, 1885 (aged 68)
Bio: Benjamin Silliman Jr. was a professor of chemistry at Yale University and instrumental in developing the oil industry.

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