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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 8039 |
| AUTHOR: | Arthur James, Earl of Balfour (1848–1930) |
| QUOTATION: | The energies of our system will decay; the glory of the sun will be dimmed, and the earth, tideless and inert, will no longer tolerate the race which has for a moment disturbed its solitude. Man will go down into the pit and all his thoughts will perish. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Foundations of Belief. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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