The opinion prevails quite generally that an astronomer's duty consists in sitting all night with his eye at the end of the telescope, "sweeping the heavens," in order to discover new bodies - comets, planets, moons, and new stars: and that this is the end and aim of the science.


The Nature of An Astronomer's Work, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume XX, Number 122, October 10, 1908 (p. 252)

William Wallace Campbell Quotes

The opinion prevails quite generally that an astronomer's duty consists in sitting all night with his eye at the end of the telescope, sweeping the...

The opinion prevails quite generally that an astronomer's duty consists in sitting all night with his eye at the end of the telescope, sweeping the...

The opinion prevails quite generally that an astronomer's duty consists in sitting all night with his eye at the end of the telescope, sweeping the...

The opinion prevails quite generally that an astronomer's duty consists in sitting all night with his eye at the end of the telescope, sweeping the...