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Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from.
Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from.
Approximate author period: c. 1942 AD · modern
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- Eric Hoffer
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- Approximate author period: c. 1942 AD · modern
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