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NeoGreen

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2. I just came across it when...

Reply to RussBLib (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 14, 2017, 08:12 AM

Nov 2017

...I was looking for some additional quotes by Sagan.

The quote attributed to Sagan: "If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth."
Apparently does not show up in his writing or speeches (and I'll readily admit I didn't do an exhaustive search of any original source documents).

The apparent origin of the quote is by author P. C. Hodgell, in her 1994 novel Seeker's Mask: "That which can be destroyed by the truth, should be."

This was presented in the wikiquote webpage for Carl Sagan:
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan

Hope this helps,
NG

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Quod erat demonstrandum, mea culpa... [View all] NeoGreen Nov 2017 OP

just curious how it came to your attention RussBLib Nov 2017 #1

I just came across it when... NeoGreen Nov 2017 #2