Observations Always Involve Theory.

Astronomy Is Something Like The Ministry. No One Should Go Into It Without A Call. I Got That Unmistakable Call, And I Know That Even If I Were Second-rate Or Third-rate, It Was Astronomy That Mattered.

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.

There We Measure Shadows, And We Search Among Ghostly Errors Of Measurement For Landmarks That Are Scarcely More Substantial.

Science Is The One Human Activity That Is Totally Progressive.

Science Is The One Human Activity That Is Truly Progressive. The Body Of Positive Knowledge Is Transmitted From Generation To Generation.