21/41 Poverty is a misfortune; misfortunes are often the result of blamable indiscretion, extravagance, etc. _To her students:_ "I cannot expect to make astronomers, but I do expect that you will invigorate your minds by the effort at healthy modes of thinking.... When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own interests. But star-gazing is not science. The entrance to astronomy is through mathematics. |