I had not yet gotten into the world of light. But I felt as one who, standing outside, could knock against the wall and hear an answering knock from within.


The reminiscences of an astronomer (ed. Harper and Brothers, 1903)

Simon Newcomb Quotes

I had not yet gotten into the world of light. But I felt as one who, standing outside, could knock against the wall and hear an answering knock from...

I had not yet gotten into the world of light. But I felt as one who, standing outside, could knock against the wall and hear an answering knock from...

I had not yet gotten into the world of light. But I felt as one who, standing outside, could knock against the wall and hear an answering knock from...

I had not yet gotten into the world of light. But I felt as one who, standing outside, could knock against the wall and hear an answering knock from...