a great tree grew up, one with many branches, and six times it was almost felled. But still it grows and we are but one small branch, one that cannot… - Ann Druyan

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a great tree grew up, one with many branches, and six times it was almost felled. But still it grows and we are but one small branch, one that cannot live without its tree. And slowly, we learned to read the book of nature, to learn its laws, to nurture the tree. To find out where and when we are in the great ocean, to become a way for the cosmos to know itself and to return to the stars.