Observations Always Involve Theory.

The History Of Astronomy Is A History Of Receding Horizons.

We Do Not Know Why We Are Born Into The World, But We Can Try To Find Out What Sort Of A World It Is - At Least In Its Physical Aspects.

The Great Spirals... Apparently Lie Outside Our Stellar System.

The Outstanding Feature, However, Is The Possibility That The Velocity-distance Relation May Represent The De Sitter Effect, And Hence That Numerical Data May Be Introduced Into Discussions Of The General Curvature Of Space.

At The Last Dim Horizon, We Search Among Ghostly Errors Of Observations For Landmarks That Are Scarcely More Substantial. The Search Will Continue. The Urge Is Older Than History. It Is Not Satisfied And It Will Not Be Oppressed.