Humility Intro 3

Theodore Roosevelt loved nature. He and a naturalist friend of his had a ritual whenever they were together. They would go out in early evening and each would try to be the first to find the faint misty light of the Andromeda galaxy. When one spotted it they engaged in a litany of awe.

One would cite the facts:
There is the spiral galaxy Andromeda.
- it is as large as our Milky Way.
- it is one of a hundred million galaxies.
- it is 750,000 light years away.
- it consists of one hundred billion suns,
- each larger than our sun.

Then the other would respond:
Now, I think we are small enough. We can retire for the night.