Re: Carl Sagan


From: bweimann@exit109.com
Subject: Re: Carl Sagan
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 17:16:02 -0500 (EST)


Dear Dick,
Perhaps many of us are feeling the same way about him, but you expressed it
so beautifully.
 > I will think of Dr. Sagan as wandering out
>amongst the stars, "billions and billions" of them.

When I first read the news this morning, I also thought immediately that Mr.
Sagan must surely be wandering  out there  seeing all our glorious cosmos
firsthand, only now, finally, with complete and perfect  understanding.  A
wonderful way to think of him.
 Barb  

At 12:43 PM 12/20/96 -0500, you wrote:
>Carl Sagan's death is not untimely, owing to the nature of the disease he
>was laboring under.  I have often conceived of death as a time when all
>the unknown answers suddenly become knowns, and that issues of space and
>time are resolved.  I would like to think of Carl Sagan as having his
>first good look at other galaxies today.  Besides peace, we can also
>believe there might be joy.  I will think of Dr. Sagan as wandering out
>amongst the stars, "billions and billions" of them.
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>He was a great influence on all teachers of science and math who followed
>his monumental book and series, "Cosmos".  
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>	Dick
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