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Ozymandias

    by Percy Bysshe Shelley

I met a traveler from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal these words appear:
“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.


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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Our Final Hour?

Sir Martin Rees

He is the Royal Society Professor at Cambridge University, a Fellow of Kings College, and the England’s Astronomer Royal. He is the most awarded scientist in Britain, a Knight, and the President of the British Royal. He is not simply considered Britain's most respected Scientist – He is, quite simply, one of the World’s most respected Scientists.

In 2005, in his book: “Our Final Hour”, Professor Rees categorically states:


“The odds are no better than fifty-fifty that our present civilization on Earth will survive to the end of the present century.”

Remember, this is not the idle rant of an uninformed mind. No - far from it - this is the sober scholarly scientific prediction of one the World’s most informed (and trusted) minds.

That prediction was made over five years ago. And, since then, as each day has passed, our odds have steadily decreased.

Isn't it time that we plan accordingly?

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