“We can't change the world, but we can change the subject”
― Ulysses
― Ulysses
“Where did truth stop? Where did error begin? I was all adrift among a thousand contradictory hypotheses, but I could not lay hold of one.”
― Journey to the Center of the Earth
― Journey to the Center of the Earth
“Homer makes us hearers, and Virgil leaves us readers Alexander Pope”
― STUDY GUIDE: HOMER'S ILIAD
― STUDY GUIDE: HOMER'S ILIAD
“In other words, pretty much every star you see in the night sky hosts at least one planet.
The next time you find yourself outside at night, take a moment to stop and consider the implications of this result as you gaze at all those pinpricks of light.
Every one of them hosts at least one world, and most stars will have more than one planet. Solar systems are the rule and not the exception. They’re everywhere.”
― Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth
The next time you find yourself outside at night, take a moment to stop and consider the implications of this result as you gaze at all those pinpricks of light.
Every one of them hosts at least one world, and most stars will have more than one planet. Solar systems are the rule and not the exception. They’re everywhere.”
― Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth
“Travellers do not produce railways, but conversely, railways produce travellers.”
― The Jewish State
― The Jewish State
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