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The idea that we shall be welcomed as new members into the galactic community is as unlikely as the idea that the oyster will be welcomed as a new member into the human community. We're probably not even edible.
— John Ball
In Joseph Silk, The Infinite Cosmos: Questions from the Frontiers of Cosmology (2006), 199.
See also:  |  Community (12)  |  Edible (2)  |  Galaxy (5)  |  Human (38)  |  Idea (87)  |  Oyster (3)


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