Well, is man still in
the cradle of Earth? Would it --
predict anything?
Ligt de mens nog steeds	Na, liegt der Mensch noch
in de wieg van de Aarde?	in der Wiege der Erde?
En voorspelt dat iets?	Sagt das was voraus?

Poem H4675
Amsterdam, 2024-06-04
Letter (Konstantin Tsiolkovsky) - 1911
Comment in a letter from Konstantin Tsiolkovsky from 1911: "Planyeta yest' kolybyel razuma, no nyelzya vyechno zhit' v kolybyeli" ("The planet is the cradle of the mind, but you cannot live in the cradle forever" >> "Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot live in a cradle forever [The solar system becomes our kindergarten]")
Homo sapiens has been around for 300,000 years
Collection: Human excess
Keyword: Mankind 
Tribute to: Tsiolkovski, Konstantin