“In any case, in so far as our knowledge of the universe carries us, the advent of civilization for the first time on our globe represents the highest ascent of the life processes to which evolution had anywhere attained.” FirstsUniverseProcessCasesEvolutionCivilizationHighestFirst TimeCarrieGlobesAdventAscent Author:James Henry Breasted
“The attainment of knowledge is the high and exclusive attribute of man, among the numberless myriads of animated beings, inhabitants of the terrestrial globe. On him alone is bestowed, by the bounty of the Creator of the universe, the power and the capacity of acquiring knowledge. Knowledge is the attribute of his nature which at once enables him to improve his condition upon earth, and to prepare him for the enjoyment of a happier existence hereafter.” MenEarthScienceUniverseExistenceConditionsCapacityCreatorEnjoymentAttributesGlobesExclusiveAnimatedAttainmentHereafterBountyAcquiring Knowledge Author:John Quincy Adams
“What is an individual? Just a bit of life shot off from the one Life in the universe-just a bit of love and truth dropped on this globe, just as the globe itself was once a bit of light and heat dropped from the sun.” LightUniverseIndividualBitsSunShotsHeatGlobesTruth And Love Author:Clarence W. Barron
“The first question concerning the Celestial Bodies is whether there be a system, that is whether the world or universe compose together one globe, with a center, or whether the particular globes of earth and stars be scattered dispersedly, each on its own roots, without any system or common center.” WorldFirstsBodyEarthTogetherUniverseStarsCommonParticularRootsAstronomyGlobesCelestialCosmologyCelestial Bodies Author:Francis Bacon
“Philosophic argument, especially that drawn from the vastness of the universe, in comparison with the apparent insignificance of this globe, has sometimes shaken my reason for the faith that is in me; but my heart has always assured and reassured me that” HeartSometimesReasonFaithUniverseMy HeartArgumentComparisonGlobesAssuredVastnessInsignificancePhilosophic Book:The Life, Eulogy, and Great Orations of Daniel Webster Source: The Life, Eulogy, and Great Orations of Daniel Webster