Quote by Nicolaus Copernicus
For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the

For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study. – Nicolaus Copernicus

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I am aware that a philosophers ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavour to seek the truth in all things, to the extent permitted to human reason by God. – Nicolaus Copernicus

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So far as hypotheses are concerned, let no one expect anything certain from astronomy, which cannot furnish it, lest he accept as the truth ideas conceived for another purpose, and depart from this study a greater fool than when he entered it. – Nicolaus Copernicus

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Although all the good arts serve to draw mans mind away from vices and lead it toward better things, this function can be more fully performed by this art, which also provides extraordinary intellectual pleasure. – Nicolaus Copernicus

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History is a peoples memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals. – Malcom X

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When it comes to true humility in the face of history, nothing beats complete silence. – Lev Grossman

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Crazy Horse saw history as integrated in the present, incorporated into daily life. – Stephen Ambrose

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The challenge of history is to recover the past and introduce it to the present. – David Thelen

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