Arthur Eddington Quote

I do not think that the whole purpose of the Creation has been staked on the one planet where we live; and in the long run we cannot deem ourselves the only race that has been or will be gifted with the mystery of consciousness.


Man's Place in the Universe, Harper's Magazine, October 1928 (p. 574)


I do not think that the whole purpose of the Creation has been staked on the one planet where we live; and in the long run we cannot deem ourselves...

I do not think that the whole purpose of the Creation has been staked on the one planet where we live; and in the long run we cannot deem ourselves...

I do not think that the whole purpose of the Creation has been staked on the one planet where we live; and in the long run we cannot deem ourselves...

I do not think that the whole purpose of the Creation has been staked on the one planet where we live; and in the long run we cannot deem ourselves...