We on Earth have just awakened to the great oceans of space and time f…

Carl Sagan
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We on Earth have just awakened to the great oceans of space and time from which we have emerged. ✨ Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. TV Series, Episode 1: The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean, 1990.
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