We Need Mirrors
We have no need of other worlds. We need mirrors. We don't know what to do with other worlds. A single world, our own, suffices us; but we can't accept it for what it is.
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Context: Snaut delivers his cynical assessment of mankind's true motives for exploring outer space.
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Source: Chapter 6