Svante Arrhenius Quote

There is no more elevating spectacle than to contemplate the sky with its thousands of stars on a clear night. When we send our thoughts to those lights glittering in infinite distance, the question forces itself upon us, whether there are not out there planets like our own that will sustain organic life.


Translated by H. Born, Worlds in the Making: The Evolution of the Universe, Chapter 2 (p. 39)


There is no more elevating spectacle than to contemplate the sky with its thousands of stars on a clear night. When we send our thoughts to those...

There is no more elevating spectacle than to contemplate the sky with its thousands of stars on a clear night. When we send our thoughts to those...

There is no more elevating spectacle than to contemplate the sky with its thousands of stars on a clear night. When we send our thoughts to those...

There is no more elevating spectacle than to contemplate the sky with its thousands of stars on a clear night. When we send our thoughts to those...