David Rittenhouse Quote

The direct tendency of (Astronomy) is to dilate the heart with universal benevolence, and to enlarge its views.


An Oration delivered February 24, 1775, before The American Philiosophical Society held at Philiadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge in William Barton (1813). Memoirs of the life of David Rittenhouse. Somerset Publishers, Incorporated. p. 569.


The direct tendency of (Astronomy) is to dilate the heart with universal benevolence, and to enlarge its views.

The direct tendency of (Astronomy) is to dilate the heart with universal benevolence, and to enlarge its views.

The direct tendency of (Astronomy) is to dilate the heart with universal benevolence, and to enlarge its views.

The direct tendency of (Astronomy) is to dilate the heart with universal benevolence, and to enlarge its views.