This thing was what existed before life, before the first stars, before the big bang. It was the emptiness before the universe, and the emptiness that would follow.
Be for Man the memory of Earth and Origin. Remember this Earth. Never forget her, but _ never come back. If you come back, you might meet the Archangel at the east end of Earth, guarding her passes with a sword of flame. I feel it. Space is your home hereafter. It__ a lonelier desert than ours. God bless you, and pray for us.
A Canticle for Leibowitz
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Be for Man the memory of Earth and Origin. Remember this Earth. Never forget her, but _ never come back. If you come back, you might meet the Archangel at the east end of Earth, guarding her passes with a sword of flame. I feel it. Space is your home hereafter. It__ a lonelier desert than ours. God bless you, and pray for us.
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