Men have had the vanity to pretend that the whole creation was made for them, while in reality the whole creation does not suspect their existence.
Nature is so varied in its modes of action, so multiple in the manisftations of its power, that we have no night to set any limits to its capabilitie… - Camille Flammarion
Nature is so varied in its modes of action, so multiple in the manisftations of its power, that we have no night to set any limits to its capabilitie…
- Camille Flammarion
The universe is so immense that it appears immutable, and that the duration of a planet such as that of the earth is only a chapter, less than that, … - Camille Flammarion
The universe is so immense that it appears immutable, and that the duration of a planet such as that of the earth is only a chapter, less than that, …
May we attribute to the color of the herbage and plants, which no doubt clothe the plains of Mars, the characteristic hue of that planet, which is no… - Camille Flammarion
May we attribute to the color of the herbage and plants, which no doubt clothe the plains of Mars, the characteristic hue of that planet, which is no…
That hemisphere of the moon which faces us is better known than the earth itself; its vast desert plains have been surveyed to within a few acres; it… - Camille Flammarion
That hemisphere of the moon which faces us is better known than the earth itself; its vast desert plains have been surveyed to within a few acres; it…
What intelligent being, what being capable of responding emotionally to a beautiful sight, can look at the jagged, silvery lunar crescent trembling i… - Camille Flammarion
What intelligent being, what being capable of responding emotionally to a beautiful sight, can look at the jagged, silvery lunar crescent trembling i…
Lightning seems a thought, which instead of being attached to a brain, is attached to an electric current. - Camille Flammarion
Lightning seems a thought, which instead of being attached to a brain, is attached to an electric current.
Le Verrier-without leaving his study, without even looking at the sky-had found the unknown planet [Neptune] solely by mathematical calculation, and,… - Camille Flammarion
Le Verrier-without leaving his study, without even looking at the sky-had found the unknown planet [Neptune] solely by mathematical calculation, and,…
It is in the name of Jesus, himself become God, that fanaticism ignominiously condemned to the stake men like Giodano Bruno, Vanini, Étienne Dolet, J… - Camille Flammarion
It is in the name of Jesus, himself become God, that fanaticism ignominiously condemned to the stake men like Giodano Bruno, Vanini, Étienne Dolet, J…
Lightning is like an elementary spirit, eccentric or rational, clever or silly, passing from one extreme to the other. - Camille Flammarion
Lightning is like an elementary spirit, eccentric or rational, clever or silly, passing from one extreme to the other.
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