Reading one of Herschel's books was such a watershed moment for Charles Darwin that he would later say, "Scarcely anything in my life made so deep an impression on me.
赫歇尔的著作成为后来 后来改变达尔文思想的分水岭。 达尔文后来写道：“好可怕，从没有一种思想 这么深刻的影响了我。