Something to Think About

Posted on September 1, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

An image of the Andromeda Galaxy from a book published in 1899:

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The Andromeda Galaxy is still there. The person who made its image is long gone. What traces of your actions will still be in this world a hundred years from now? Do you agree with Blake? Roll your cart over the bones of the dead?

About Santi Tafarella

I teach writing and literature at Antelope Valley College in California.
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