The solar system is not the typical product of development of a star; it is not even a common variety of development; it is a freak.


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


The solar system is not the typical product of development of a star; it is not even a common variety of development; it is a freak.

The solar system is not the typical product of development of a star; it is not even a common variety of development; it is a freak.

The solar system is not the typical product of development of a star; it is not even a common variety of development; it is a freak.

The solar system is not the typical product of development of a star; it is not even a common variety of development; it is a freak.