Quote#Wisdom
Comets encountering these precincts must be perplexed to decide…
Quote byAgnes Mary Clerke · 1842–1907
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The System of the Stars (1890), Of the nature of any planetary system round the double star Alpha Centauri; p. 168..
English (original)
Comets encountering these precincts must be perplexed to decide between the two potentates claiming their allegiance, and perhaps on occasions pay their court to each in turns, throwing out tails, as they do so, in all sorts of anomalous and contradictory directions.
— Agnes Mary Clerke
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