The astronomer cannot afford to waste his energies on hopeless speculation about matters of which he cannot learn anything.


Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science, Chapter XVII (p. 272), Harper & Brothers Publishers. 1906

Simon Newcomb Quotes

The astronomer cannot afford to waste his energies on hopeless speculation about matters of which he cannot learn anything.

The astronomer cannot afford to waste his energies on hopeless speculation about matters of which he cannot learn anything.

The astronomer cannot afford to waste his energies on hopeless speculation about matters of which he cannot learn anything.

The astronomer cannot afford to waste his energies on hopeless speculation about matters of which he cannot learn anything.