My dear Kepler, what would you say of the learned here, who, replete with the pertinacity of the asp, have steadfastly refused to cast a glance through the telescope? What shall we make of this? Shall we laugh, or shall we cry?
Father of modern observational astronomy
Expressing frustration to Kepler about those who refused to look through his telescope.
Post-1610
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