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»Ich glaube eher, dass zwei Yankee-Professoren lügen, als dass Steine vom Himmel fallen.«
“I would sooner believe that two Yankee professors lied than that stones could fall from the sky.”
John W. Campbell Dass Steine sehr wohl vom Himmel fallen können, war in der Antike allgemein bekannt, obwohl man sich wahrscheinlich darüber stritt, welcher spezielle Gott sie jeweils hatte fallen lassen.
—JOHN W. CAMPBELL THAT STONES COULD INDEED FALL FROM THE SKY WAS WELL known in the ancient world, though there might be disagreement as to which particular gods had dropped them.
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