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Quote by John Herschel

“[When nature appears complicated:] The moment we contemplate it as it is, and attain a position from which we can take a commanding view, though but of a small part of its plan, we never fail to recognize that sublime simplicity on which the mind rests satisfied that it has attained the truth.”

Quote by John Herschel

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Sir John Herschel was a British astronomer, mathematician, and chemist, renowned for his contributions to astronomy and photography. He was born on March 7, 1792, and died on May 11, 1871. more

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