36. Music and Stars

But Herschel himself realized, as no one else, how little was known. He expressed this in a letter to his sister. "Among opticians and astronomers, nothing now is talked of but what they call my great discoveries. This shows how far the scientists are behind when such trifles as I have done are called great."

Herschel knew that greater worlds were hidden only because of man's inability to see them. We know today that regardless of the apparently marvelous accomplishments that surround us, many are, as Herschel would say, just "trifles" when compared to what the Future will develop through the minds and hands of the great men of tomorrow. ●



Short Stories of Science and Invention A Collection of Radio Talks by Charles F. Kettering INDEX		*36.* *Music and Stars* But Herschel himself realized, as no one else, how little was known. He expressed this in a letter to his sister. "Among opticians and astronomers, nothing now is talked of but what they call my great discoveries. This shows how far the scientists are behind when such trifles as I have done are called great." Herschel knew that greater worlds were hidden only because of man's inability to see them. We know today that regardless of the apparently marvelous accomplishments that surround us, many are, as Herschel would say, just "trifles" when compared to what the Future will develop through the minds and hands of the great men of tomorrow. ●