Quote 945

We have heard so far the voice of life on one small world only. But we have at last begun to listen for other voices in the cosmic fugue. Carl Sagan    6     0

Context / explanation

From his book "Cosmos", page 31 in the paperback (mass market) edition (or at the end of chapter two), which was seventy weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.


Source

2011: Cosmos, ISBN 9780307800985, Publisher Random House Publishing Group, Source


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