„Keby sa hviezdy objavili len raz jednu noc za tisíc rokov, ako by ich človek obdivoval.“
Originál
If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and adore.
Zdroj: 1830s, Nature http://www.emersoncentral.com/nature.htm (1836), Ch. 1, Nature
Kontext: If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown!
Kontext: If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile.
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