…the calm, remote, & secular character of astronomical facts composes us to a sublime peace

Astronomy is sedative to the human mind. In skeptical hours, when things go whirling, & we doubt if all is not an extemporary dream: the calm, remote, & secular character of astronomical facts composes us to a sublime peace.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks 5:466

Posted in: Journals on July 2, 2012 | 1 Comment »
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  1. On April 19, 2013 at 2:32 am Judith Dopak Said:

    This is so true – things can be so intense and detailed but when I step outside and look at the sky everything becomes diluted into peace – it is good to step outside; now what was I thinking….

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