It would seem to me that by the time a race has achieved deep space capability it would have matured to a point where it would have no thought of dominating another intelligent species.

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It is only of life on Earth, however, that one can speak with any certainty....

It is only of life on Earth, however, that one can speak with any certainty....

Less than an hour before he'd congratulated himself on escaping all the traps of Earth,...

Less than an hour before he'd congratulated himself on escaping all the traps of Earth,...

Time is still the great mystery to us. It is no more than a concept;...

Time is still the great mystery to us. It is no more than a concept;...

When I talk of the purpose of life, I am thinking not only of human...

When I talk of the purpose of life, I am thinking not only of human...

Must faith be exactly that, the willingness and ability to believe in the face of...

Must faith be exactly that, the willingness and ability to believe in the face of...

These are the stories the Dogs tell, when the fires burn high and the wind...

These are the stories the Dogs tell, when the fires burn high and the wind...

What do you mean by faith? Is faith enough for Man? Should he be satisfied...

What do you mean by faith? Is faith enough for Man? Should he be satisfied...

Could that have been what happened to the human race - a willing perversity that...

Could that have been what happened to the human race - a willing perversity that...

Without consciousness and intelligence, the universe would lack meaning.

Without consciousness and intelligence, the universe would lack meaning.

It was a place without a single feature of the space-time matrix that he knew....

It was a place without a single feature of the space-time matrix that he knew....

If mankind were to continue in other than the present barbarism, a new path must...

If mankind were to continue in other than the present barbarism, a new path must...

It seems to me, thinking of it, that there must be some universal plan which...

It seems to me, thinking of it, that there must be some universal plan which...

My reluctance to use alien invasion is due to the feeling that we are not...

My reluctance to use alien invasion is due to the feeling that we are not...

If the means were available, we could trace our ancestry - yours and mine -...

If the means were available, we could trace our ancestry - yours and mine -...

And time itself? Time was a never-ending medium that stretched into the future and the...

And time itself? Time was a never-ending medium that stretched into the future and the...

We said, there's another second gone, there's another minute and another hour and another day,...

We said, there's another second gone, there's another minute and another hour and another day,...