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Man has gone out to explore other worlds and other civilizations without having explored his own labyrinth of dark passages and secret chambers, and without finding what lies behind doorways that he himself has sealed.
Man has gone out to explore other worlds and other civilizations without having explored his own labyrinth of dark passages and secret chambers, and without finding what lies behind doorways that he himself has sealed.
Approximate author period: c. 1946 AD · modern
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- Stanisław Lem
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- Approximate author period: c. 1946 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Stanisław Lem: documented activity in 1946. Wikidata Q6530, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6530 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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