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“Poised for flight, Wings spread bright, Spring from night into the Sun.”

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Robert Hunter is a renowned American lyricist, born on June 23, 1941. His works are known for their profound emotions and rich imagination, contributing significantly to the American rock music scene. more

“Deep beneath the surface of the Sun, enormous forces were gathering. At any moment, the energies of a million hydrogen bombs might burst forth in the awesome explosion.... Climbing at millions of miles per hour, an invisible fireball many times the size of Earth would leap from the Sun and head out across space.”

“All knowledge and understanding of the Universe was no more than playing with stones and shells on the seashore of the vast imponderable ocean of truth.”

Universe Understanding Ocean Stones Shells Seashore Knowledge And Understanding

Author:Isaac Newton

“The wonderful arrangement and harmony of the cosmos would only originate in the plan of an almighty omniscient being. This is and remains my greatest comprehension.”

Universe Plans Wonderful Harmony Remains Cosmos Almighty Arrangements Comprehension Omniscient

Author:Isaac Newton

“What a splendid perspective contact with a profoundly different civilization might provide! In a cosmic setting vast and old beyond ordinary human understanding we are a little lonely, and we ponder the ultimate significance, if any, of our tiny but exquisite blue planet, the Earth.... In the deepest sense the search for extraterrestrial intelligence is a search for ourselves.”

“The Universe forces those who live in it to understand it. Those creatures who find everyday experience a muddled jumble of events with no predictability, no regularity, are in grave peril. The Universe belongs to those who, at least to some degree, have figured it out.”

Universe Force Events Creatures Degrees Everyday Graves Peril Regularity Predictability

Book:Broca's brain: reflections on the romance of science

Source: Broca's brain: reflections on the romance of science

“Though thou art far away, thy rays are on Earth; Though thou art in their faces, no one knows thy going.”

Knows Art Earth Faces Universe Rays Far Away

Author:Akhenaton

“Counting stars by candlelight all are dim but one is bright; the spiral light of Venus rising first and shining best, from the northwest corner of a brand-new crescent moon crickets and cicadas sing a rare and different tune.”

Source: The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics: The Collected Lyrics of Robert Hunter and John Barlow, Lyrics to All Original Songs, with Selected Traditional and Cover Songs

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