And then, the Earth being small, mankind will migrate into space, and will cross the airless Saharas which separate planet from planet and sun from sun. The Earth will become a Holy Land which will be visited by pilgrims from all the quarters of the Universe. Finally, men will master the forces of Nature; they will become themselves architects of systems, manufacturers of worlds.
-- William Winwood Reade (1838 - 1875), Scottish philosopher, historian, anthropologist, and explorer; his best-known book, The Martyrdom of Man, was a controversial freethinking study of world history, The Martyrdom of Man (1872), Chapter IV, "Intellect"
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