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. ● |
