Speculation has been singularly fruitful as to what these markings on our next to nearest neighbor in space may mean. Each astronomer holds a different pet theory on the subject, and pooh-poohs those of all the others. Nevertheless, the most self-evident explanation from the markings themselves is probably the true one; namely, that in them we are looking upon the result of the work of some sort of intelligent beings. . . . The amazing blue network on Mars hints that one planet besides our own is actually inhabited now.
Are physical forces alone at work there, or has evolution begotten something more complex, something not akin to what we know on Earth as life? It is… - Percival Lowell
Are physical forces alone at work there, or has evolution begotten something more complex, something not akin to what we know on Earth as life? It is…
- Percival Lowell
That Mars is inhabited by beings of some sort or other we may consider as certain as it is uncertain what these beings may be. - Percival Lowell
That Mars is inhabited by beings of some sort or other we may consider as certain as it is uncertain what these beings may be.
War is a survival among us from savage times and affects now chiefly the boyish and unthinking element of the nation. - Percival Lowell
War is a survival among us from savage times and affects now chiefly the boyish and unthinking element of the nation.
Imagination is as vital to any advance in science as learning and precision are essential for starting points. - Percival Lowell
Imagination is as vital to any advance in science as learning and precision are essential for starting points.
Formulae are the anaesthetics of thought, not its stimulants and to make any one think is far better worth while than cramming him with ill-considere… - Percival Lowell
Formulae are the anaesthetics of thought, not its stimulants and to make any one think is far better worth while than cramming him with ill-considere…
Irrigation, unscientifically conducted, would not give us such truly wonderful mathematical fitness [as we observe in the Martian canals]. . . . A mi… - Percival Lowell
Irrigation, unscientifically conducted, would not give us such truly wonderful mathematical fitness [as we observe in the Martian canals]. . . . A mi…
Speculation has been singularly fruitful as to what these markings on our next to nearest neighbor in space may mean. Each astronomer holds a differe… - Percival Lowell
Speculation has been singularly fruitful as to what these markings on our next to nearest neighbor in space may mean. Each astronomer holds a differe…
The whole object of science is to synthesize, and so simplify; and did we but know the uttermost of a subject we could make it singularly clear. - Percival Lowell
The whole object of science is to synthesize, and so simplify; and did we but know the uttermost of a subject we could make it singularly clear.
If astronomy teaches anything, it teaches that man is but a detail in the evolution of the universe, and the resemblant though diverse details are in… - Percival Lowell
If astronomy teaches anything, it teaches that man is but a detail in the evolution of the universe, and the resemblant though diverse details are in…
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