Robinson Jeffers Quote

The universe is not "a mere clockwork mechanical wonder swinging in a vast vacuum," but is a system that, in the course of time, comes to life.


The Universe and Life, Chapter II (p. 33), Yale University Press. 1941


The universe is not a mere clockwork mechanical wonder swinging in a vast vacuum, but is a system that, in the course of time, comes to life.

The universe is not a mere clockwork mechanical wonder swinging in a vast vacuum, but is a system that, in the course of time, comes to life.

The universe is not a mere clockwork mechanical wonder swinging in a vast vacuum, but is a system that, in the course of time, comes to life.

The universe is not a mere clockwork mechanical wonder swinging in a vast vacuum, but is a system that, in the course of time, comes to life.