Maria Mitchell Quote

We call the stars garnet and sapphire; but these are, at best, vague terms. Our language has not terms enough to signify the different delicate shades; our factories have not the stuff whose hues might make a chromatic scale for them.

In: Phebe Mitchell Kendall, Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals

We call the stars garnet and sapphire; but these are, at best, vague terms. Our language has not terms enough to signify the different delicate...

We call the stars garnet and sapphire; but these are, at best, vague terms. Our language has not terms enough to signify the different delicate...

We call the stars garnet and sapphire; but these are, at best, vague terms. Our language has not terms enough to signify the different delicate...

We call the stars garnet and sapphire; but these are, at best, vague terms. Our language has not terms enough to signify the different delicate...