With increasing distance, our knowledge fades, and fades rapidly. Eventually, we reach the dim boundarythe utmost limits of our telescopes. There, we measure shadows, and we search among ghostly errors of measurement for landmarks that are scarcely more substantial. The search will continue. Not until the empirical resources are exhausted, need we pass on to the dreamy realms of speculation.

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Themes

  • Knowledge — The pursuit of learning, understanding, and intellectual growth
  • Science — Discovery, inquiry, and the wonders of the natural world

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