Author: Clyde Tombaugh

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By the time I was in sixth grade I could bound every country in the world from memory.

By the time I was in sixth grade I could bound every country in the world from memory.

- Clyde Tombaugh

I guess they just took it for granted that that was what I was interested in and let nature take its course.

I guess they just took it for granted that that was what I was interested in and let nature take its course.

- Clyde Tombaugh

Unfortunately, a lot of the concepts in the Bible are based on ancient mythology that doesn't fit the findings of science.

Unfortunately, a lot of the concepts in the Bible are based on ancient mythology that doesn't fit the findings of science.

- Clyde Tombaugh

I have a lot of sympathy for young people because I realize how disturbed I was. How would I deal with life in the future? What would I do for a living?

I have a lot of sympathy for young people because I realize how disturbed I was. How would I deal with life in the future? What would I do for a living?

- Clyde Tombaugh

That's the way I got along in life. I don't ever remember being particularly jealous of anybody, because I figured if I can't do it myself, I don't deserve to get it.

That's the way I got along in life. I don't ever remember being particularly jealous of anybody, because I figured if I can't do it myself, I don't deserve to get it.

- Clyde Tombaugh

Can you imagine young people nowadays making a study of trigonometry for the fun of it? Well I did.

Can you imagine young people nowadays making a study of trigonometry for the fun of it? Well I did.

- Clyde Tombaugh

To me, the noise of a threshing machine is better music than a lot of music I hear nowadays. I took a man's place in the threshing crew when I was only 14 years old.

To me, the noise of a threshing machine is better music than a lot of music I hear nowadays. I took a man's place in the threshing crew when I was only 14 years old.

- Clyde Tombaugh

We were suddenly faced with the necessity of training a lot of young men in the art of navigation.

We were suddenly faced with the necessity of training a lot of young men in the art of navigation.

- Clyde Tombaugh

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