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If they be inhabited, what a scope for misery and folly; if they be na inhabited, what a waste of space.
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On other stars
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Attributed by John Burroughs on the first page of his 1920 book Accepting The Universe
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Variant: A sad spectacle. If they be inhabited, what a scope for misery and folly. It they be not inhabited, what a waste of space.
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Attributed by Carl Sagan at a November 20, 1972 symposium on "Life Beyond Earth and the Mind of Man", held at Boston University
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Berendzen, Richard, ed. (1973). Life Beyond Earth and the Mind of Man. Washington, DC: NASA Scientific and Technical Information Office. LCCN 73-600150. 
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"Life Beyond Earth and the Mind of Man 1975" c. 0:02:50. Google Video. Retrieved on 2006-09-11. Edited version of symposium, released by National Archives, under Google Video partnership.

 

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