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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000061.txt from 2003/09

From: Oboeeee@-----.com
Subj: [DR-L] Quote of the Day
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 20:39:26 -0400

When eminent biologist and author Lewis Thomas was asked what message he
would choose to send from Earth into outer space in the Voyager spacecraft, he
answered, "I would send the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach." After a
pause, he added, "But that would be boasting."