Again time passed. In one of the remoter galaxies a supernova flamed, and on a rocky, barren world a small… — Murray Leinster
Again time passed. In one of the remoter galaxies a supernova flamed, and on a rocky, barren world a small living thing squirmed experimentally—and to mankind the one event was just as important as the other.
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