.. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and empe…

Carl Sagan
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.. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and in triumph they could become the 'Momentary' masters of a 'Fraction' of a 'Dot' ✨ Carl Sagan, Tom Head (2006). Conversations with Carl Sagan, p.16, Univ. Press of Mississippi
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