We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes — Carl Sagan
We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes — Carl Sagan
We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes — Carl Sagan
We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes — Carl Sagan
We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes — Carl Sagan
We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes — Carl Sagan
We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes — Carl Sagan
We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes — Carl Sagan
We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes — Carl Sagan
We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes — Carl Sagan
We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes — Carl Sagan
We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes — Carl Sagan
We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes — Carl Sagan
We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes — Carl Sagan
We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes — Carl Sagan
We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes — Carl Sagan
We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes — Carl Sagan
We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes — Carl Sagan
We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes — Carl Sagan
We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes — Carl Sagan
We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes — Carl Sagan
We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes — Carl Sagan
We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes — Carl Sagan
We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes — Carl Sagan
We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes — Carl Sagan
We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes — Carl Sagan
We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes — Carl Sagan
We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes — Carl Sagan
We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes — Carl Sagan
We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes — Carl Sagan
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We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes nor in our brains. The warehouse of this memory is called the library

— Carl Sagan
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