Outlines of Astronomy, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)
Herschel, Sir John F. W.![Outlines of Astronomy, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/265/26560991/CHSBZCOP0326560991.jpg)
Excerpt from Outlines of Astronomy, Vol. 1The method, therefore, we propose to follow is neither strictly the analytic nor the synthetic, but rather such a combination of both, with a leaning to the latter, as may best suit with a didactic composition. Our object is not to convince or refute Opponents, nor to inquire, under the semblance of an assumed ignorance, for prin ciples of which we are all the time in full possession but simply to teac...