A planet may in a very real sense be said to have life of its own, of which what we call life may or may not be a subsequent detail. It is born, has its fiery youth, sobers into middle age, and just before this happens brings forth, if it be going to do so at all, the creatures on its surface which are, in a sense, its offspring.


Mars, Conclusion (p. 206)

Percival Lowell Quotes

A planet may in a very real sense be said to have life of its own, of which what we call life may or may not be a subsequent detail. It is born, has...

A planet may in a very real sense be said to have life of its own, of which what we call life may or may not be a subsequent detail. It is born, has...

A planet may in a very real sense be said to have life of its own, of which what we call life may or may not be a subsequent detail. It is born, has...

A planet may in a very real sense be said to have life of its own, of which what we call life may or may not be a subsequent detail. It is born, has...