Dull indeed must that mind be, and dead to all the charms of knowledge, which does not burn with eager curiosity to learn whatever may be known respecting these great [nocturnal heavenly] objects.


Elements of Astronomy, Introduction (p. 2), Longman, Rees, Orme & Co. 1828

William Stanley Jevons Quotes

Dull indeed must that mind be, and dead to all the charms of knowledge, which does not burn with eager curiosity to learn whatever may be known...

Dull indeed must that mind be, and dead to all the charms of knowledge, which does not burn with eager curiosity to learn whatever may be known...

Dull indeed must that mind be, and dead to all the charms of knowledge, which does not burn with eager curiosity to learn whatever may be known...

Dull indeed must that mind be, and dead to all the charms of knowledge, which does not burn with eager curiosity to learn whatever may be known...