"For we are the local embodiment of a cosmos grown to self-awareness; grouped assemblages of 10,000,000,000,000 atoms contemplating the atom, starstuff pondering the stars, tracing that long path by which here at least, matter grew to consciousness. Our obligation to survive is owed not just to the species, not just to the planet, but to that Cosmos, ancient and vast, from which we spring."
...not only does that quote still literally make me tear up every time I read it, but it also gives me chills the way no made-up religious text ever could. All of Cosmos was a work of scientific/secular humanist art...but...the last moments of the 13th episode, Who Speaks For Earth?, are in my opinion, arguably, some of the MOST powerful words EVER spoken on television.
...not only does that quote still literally make me tear up every time I read it, but it also gives me chills the way no made-up religious text ever could. All of Cosmos was a work of scientific/secular humanist art...but...the last moments of the 13th episode, Who Speaks For Earth?, are in my opinion, arguably, some of the MOST powerful words EVER spoken on television.
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