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Chapter 12 · 1 min read

Earth as the Stage

A small planet, watched attentively. The scale of the universe and the smallness of the stage are not in conflict.

For we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.

1 Corinthians 4:9

Cosmic immensity is often used as an argument against human significance. The essay reverses it: a stage is not judged by the size of the building around it.

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