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Donald Howard Menzel - A field guide to the stars and planets (1964)

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Seeing a partial eclipse and saying that you have seen an eclipse is like standing outside an opera house and saying that you have seen the opera; in both cases you have missed the main event.

Donald Howard Menzel

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A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
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Donald Howard Menzel

Donald Howard Menzel
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Born: April 11, 1901
Died: December 14, 1976 (aged 75)
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