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Could that have been what happened to the human race - a willing perversity that set at naught all human values which had been so hardly won and structured in the light of reason for a span of more than a million years?

~Clifford D. Simak

Topics: Been Could Had Happened Hardly Human Human Race Human Values Light Million Million Years More Naught Race Reason Set Span Structured Than Values Which Willing Won Years

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It seems to me, thinking of it, that there must be some universal plan which set in motion the orbiting of the electrons about the nucleus and the slower, more majestic orbit of the galaxies about one another to the very edge of space.

~Clifford D. Simak

Topics: About Another Edge Electron Galaxies Majestic Me More Motion Must Orbit Plan Seems Set Slower Some Space Thinking Universal Very Which

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These are the stories the Dogs tell, when the fires burn high and the wind is from the north.

~Clifford D. Simak

Topics: Burn Dogs Fires High North Stories Tell Wind

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Without consciousness and intelligence, the universe would lack meaning.

~Clifford D. Simak

Topics: Consciousness Intelligence Lack Meaning Universe Without Would

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If mankind were to continue in other than the present barbarism, a new path must be found, a new civilization based on some other method than technology.

~Clifford D. Simak

Topics: Barbarism Based Civilization Continue Found Mankind Method Must New Other Path Present Some Technology Than Were

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It is only of life on Earth, however, that one can speak with any certainty. It seems to me that all life on Earth, the sum total of life upon the Earth, has purpose.

~Clifford D. Simak

Topics: Any Certainty Earth However Life Me Only Purpose Seems Speak Sum Sum Total Total

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It was a place without a single feature of the space-time matrix that he knew. It was a place where nothing yet had happened - an utter emptiness. There was neither light nor dark: there was nothing here but emptiness.

~Clifford D. Simak

Topics: Dark Emptiness Feature Had Happened He Here Knew Light Matrix Neither Nor Nothing Place Single Utter Where Without

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It would seem to me that by the time a race has achieved deep space capability it would have matured to a point where it would have no thought of dominating another intelligent species.

~Clifford D. Simak

Topics: Achieved Another By The Time Capability Deep Dominating Intelligent Matured Me Point Race Seem Space Species Thought Time Where Would

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Must faith be exactly that, the willingness and ability to believe in the face of a lack of evidence? If one could find the evidence, would then the faith be dead?

~Clifford D. Simak

Topics: Ability Believe Could Dead Evidence Exactly Face Faith Find Lack Must Then Willingness Would

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My reluctance to use alien invasion is due to the feeling that we are not likely to be invaded and taken over.

~Clifford D. Simak

Topics: Alien Due Feeling Invaded Invasion Likely Over Reluctance Taken Use

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: August 3rd, 1904

Died: April 25th, 1988

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