"I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses."
"The sun alone appears, by virtue of his dignity and power, suited for this motive duty (of moving the planets) and worthy to become the home of God himself."
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Source: Kepler by Walter William Bryant, (p. 17), 1920.
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