On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 5:30 PM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > On 22 December 2014 at 08:06, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> "I do not fear death, in view of the fact that I had been dead for >> billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the >> slightest inconvenience from it."' >> --- Mark Twain >> >> I have a suspicion that wasn't really Mark Twain, although I know it's > often credited to him. People didn't say "billions and billions of years" > much in those days (they do a lot more now, perhaps thanks to Carl Sagan). > But I'd be happy to be proved wrong - do you know the original source? > > Good catch, I wouldn't be surprised if you're right. Although it's worth noting Carl Sagan never used the term "billions and billions" either, but people ended up associating that phrase with him.
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