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> [Mars tugs at the human imagination like no other planet. With a force mightier than gravity, it attracts the eye to its shimmering red presence in the clear night sky. It is like a glowing ember in a field of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-noble-wilford/mars-tugs-at-the-human-imagination-like-no-other-planet-with-a-force/)

John Noble Wilford

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## More by John Noble Wilford

> [Mars tugs at the human imagination like no other planet. With a force mightier than gravity, it attracts the eye to its shimmering red…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-noble-wilford/mars-tugs-at-the-human-imagination-like-no-other-planet-with-a-force/)

John Noble Wilford

> [The American civil space program is growing to maturity. It has passed through the joys and crises of precocious childhood and now is being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-noble-wilford/the-american-civil-space-program-is-growing-to-maturity-it-has-passed/)

John Noble Wilford

> [Alone among all creatures, the species that styles itself wise, Homo sapiens, has an abiding interest in its distant origins, knows that its allotted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-noble-wilford/alone-among-all-creatures-the-species-that-styles-itself-wise-homo/)

John Noble Wilford

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