Von Braun quote (was Re: What the gyros do)

Andrew Dinn andrew at cee.hw.ac.uk
Mon Sep 2 06:34:31 CDT 1996


Craig Clark writes:

[re the vob Braub quote]

> Perhaps as a preliminary question to the GR of _GR_, I've often
> wondered if this is a "real" quote, i.e. a genuine citation from Von
> Braun. ... Any ideas, sources?

Credit must go to Terry Caesar who identified the source of this quote
as `The Third Book of Words to Live By', ed. by William Nichols (New
York: Simon & Schuster, 1962) and notified the list in a posting on 1
Feb 1996. Details are in the relevant archive.


Andrew Dinn
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To the stilled Earth say:  I flow.
To the rushing water speak:  I am.



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