Ephemeral
spectator of an eternal spectacle, man raises his eyes to the sky for but an
instant, then closes them again forever; but, during that instant that is given
him, from all the points in the sky and from the limits of the universe, a
consoling ray departs from each, and comes to strike his gaze, to announce to
him that there exists a relationship between that immensity and him, and that
he is united with eternity.
--Xavier de
Maistre,
Contemplation du ciel étoilé
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