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Are physical forces alone at work there, or has evolution begotten something more complex, something not unakin to what we know on Earth as life?

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I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything has happened; nothing exciting or new or interesting is ever going to happen again … the future is just going to be a vast, conforming suburb of the soul.
J. G. Ballard

Percival Lowell

Percival Lowell
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Born: March 13, 1855
Died: November 12, 1916 (aged 61)
Bio: Percival Lawrence Lowell was an American businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer who fueled speculation that there were canals on Mars.
Known for:
  1. Mars and its canals (1906)
  2. The Soul Of The Far East (1888)
  3. Mars as the abode of life (1908)
  4. Occult Japan (1894)
  5. Noto, An Unexplored Corner of Japan (1891)

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