Sailors on a becalmed sea, we sense the stirring of a breeze. ✨ Carl S…

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Sailors on a becalmed sea, we sense the stirring of a breeze. ✨ Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan (2011). Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space, p.337, Ballantine Books
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