At present the end and object of astronomical study is chiefly knowledge pure and simple; so far as now appears, its development has less direct bearing upon the material interests of mankind than that of any other of the natural sciences.


A Text-book of General Astronomy for Colleges and Scientific Schools, Introduction (p. 1), Ginn & Co. 1898

Charles Augustus Young Quotes

At present the end and object of astronomical study is chiefly knowledge pure and simple; so far as now appears, its development has less direct...

At present the end and object of astronomical study is chiefly knowledge pure and simple; so far as now appears, its development has less direct...

At present the end and object of astronomical study is chiefly knowledge pure and simple; so far as now appears, its development has less direct...

At present the end and object of astronomical study is chiefly knowledge pure and simple; so far as now appears, its development has less direct...