astronomy without a telescope of
- Alfirk is written as Alphirk
- Arrakis is written as El Rakis
- Eltanin is written as Etanin
- Errai (Gamma Cephei) is written as Er Rai
- Caph is written as Chaph
- Giausar is written as Giansar
- Polaris is written as Pole Star and Alruccabah
- The object marked Neb is at the position of Messier 97
Tom Paine has almost no influence on present-day thinking in the United States because he is unknown to the average citizen. Perhaps I might say right here that this is a national loss and a deplorable lack of understanding concerning the man who first proposed and first wrote those impressive words, ’the United States of America.’ But it is hardly strange. Paine’s teachings have been debarred from schools everywhere and his views of life misrepresented until his memory is hidden in shadows, or he is looked upon as of unsound mind.
Thomas Edison, Essay in The Diary and Sundry Observations (1948) edited by Dagobert D. Runes