Quote#Wisdom
[O]ne being is not alone in the universe, nor anything like it. What…
Quote byJ. Howard Moore · 1862–1916
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Social Problem, pp. 76–77.
English (original)
[O]ne being is not alone in the universe, nor anything like it. What creatures there may be on other spheres, we know not. The noiseless sapphires that cavalcade the midnight firmament may be, for all we know, loaded with wretches like ourselves, or they may be sepulchres which coffin the ashes of races that wailed and wondered and went out ages upon ages ago. We know not.
— J. Howard Moore
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