“Most marine plants have solved this problem by being extremely small, so that they have a large surface-to-volume ratio and sink or rise slowly through the water. To maintain their small size they have a short life-span, measured in horse or days rather than in the seasons or centuries that characterize land plants.”
Revelle, Roger. "The Ocean." Scientific American 221, no. 3 (1969): 55. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0969-54.
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“One black wing was blowing down the road
(Rain-washed road)
In the old days horses wearing green shoes
would trot on that grass
Our caravan has sought a remedy for memory
by moving over the same path”
Howe, Fanny. “Q.” Selected Poems. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. p. 20.
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“For the larger stars, the collapse may be so rapid that the star literally explodes, spewing as much as half of itself into space and scattering matter at high speed in all directions. Many of the elements heavier than iron (which are not very abundant) are produced during the actual explosion itself.
Such a catastrophic explosion is called a supernova. For a matter of days the star shines exceedingly brightly. When this happened tO a star in our own galaxy in 1604 it caused a sensation. We can still observe the remnants of an earlier supernova seen by Chinese astronomers in 1054.”
Crick, Francis. Life Itself: Its Origin and Nature. New York: Touchstone, 1982. p.33.
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“I dreamt last night
the fight was over, that
the dust came, and then water,
and women and men, together
again, and all was quiet
in the dim moon’s light.
A paean of such patience—
laughing, laughing at me,
and the days extend over
the earth’s great cover,
grass, trees, and flower-
Ing season, for no clear reason.”
Creeley, Robert. “For No Clear Reason.” Selected Poems of Robert Creeley. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1996. p. 93.
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