William Herschel Quote

In future... we shall look upon those regions into which we may now penetrate by means of such large telescopes, as a naturalist regards a rich extent of ground or chain of mountains containing strata variously inclined and directed, as well as consisting of very different materials. The surface of a globe or map therefore will but ill delineate the interior parts of the heavens.

Ch.4 "Life and Works" from a memoir (1784). - Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works (1880)