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| 4 | 277 | "View more quotes about suppose">Suppose then that human beings might exist, too, on such a planet, perhaps originally brought there for scientific purposes, say, as specimens, or perhaps as curiosities, or perhaps merely in the interests of aesthetics, much as one might plant a garden, putting one flower here and another there, or perhaps as one might stock an aquarium, such things. |
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| 4 | 274 | "But consider the possibility of alien life forms and exotic, alternative technologies, life forms of incredible intelligence, say, far beyond that of the human, with, at their disposal, enormous powers, the power even to influence, and manipulate, gravity. |
| 4 | 275 | With this power, they could, for example, move their planet from star to star, as it seemed appropriate to them, and, when they wished, if they wished, they might conceal its presence gravitationally, by affecting certain fields involved. |
| 4 | 276 | Do you understand this, at least as a logical possibility?" "Yes," she said. |
| 4 | 277 | "Suppose then that human beings might exist, too, on such a planet, perhaps originally brought there for scientific purposes, say, as specimens, or perhaps as curiosities, or perhaps merely in the interests of aesthetics, much as one might plant a garden, putting one flower here and another there, or perhaps as one might stock an aquarium, such things. |
| 4 | 278 | Do you understand?" "Yes," she said. |
| 4 | 279 | "But this seems quite fantastic to you?" he asked. |
| 4 | 280 | "Yes," she said. |