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"It is well to fetter the wings of our fancy and restrain its flights."

Edward E. Barnard, American Scientist

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"It is well to fetter the wings of our fancy and restrain its flights."

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"It is quite possible we may have formed entirely erroneous ideas of what we actually see. The greenish gray patches may not be seas at all, nor the ruddy continents, solid land. Neither may the obscuring patches be clouds of vapor."

"I have been watching and drawing the surface of Mars. It is wonderfully full of detail. There is certainly no question about there being mountains and large greatly elevated plateaus."

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"It is well to fetter the wings of our fancy and restrain its flights."

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