{"id":206440,"date":"2014-06-13T13:08:40","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T13:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/06\/13\/jtotheizzoe-if-only-we-had-taller-been-we\/"},"modified":"2018-09-18T17:37:17","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T17:37:17","slug":"jtotheizzoe-if-only-we-had-taller-been-we","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/06\/13\/jtotheizzoe-if-only-we-had-taller-been-we\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

jtotheizzoe<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf Only We Had Taller Been\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

We lost the great Ray Bradbury on this day in 2012. To celebrate this amazing writer, here is his poetic ode to exploration.<\/p>\n

Every time I watch this, I almost cry.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In November 1971, Ray Bradbury joined Arthur C. Clarke, Carl Sagan and others at NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Labs in Pasadena to commemorate the\u00a0Mariner 9<\/a>\u00a0mission to Mars.\u00a0Here he reads his poem\u00a0“If Only We Had Taller Been”<\/strong>, an ode to exploration, and a fitting tribute to his legacy as a writer and dreamer. In full above (with a captivated Sagan included) and excerpted below:<\/p>\n

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O, Thomas, will a Race one day stand really tall<\/em><\/p>\n

Across the Void, across the Universe and all?<\/em><\/p>\n

And, measure out with rocket fire,<\/em><\/p>\n

At last put Adam\u2019s finger forth<\/em><\/p>\n

As on the Sistine Ceiling,<\/em><\/p>\n

And God\u2019s great hand come down the other way<\/em><\/p>\n

To measure Man and find him Good,<\/em><\/p>\n

And Gift him with Forever\u2019s Day?<\/em><\/p>\n

I work for that.<\/em><\/p>\n

Short man. Large dream. I send my rockets forth<\/em><\/p>\n

between my ears,<\/em><\/p>\n

Hoping an inch of Will is worth a pound of years.<\/em><\/p>\n

Aching to hear a voice cry back along the universal Mall:<\/em><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve reached Alpha Centauri!<\/em><\/p>\n

We\u2019re tall, O God, we\u2019re tall!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"image\"(illustration by Lou Romano<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

(Source:<\/span> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/<\/a>)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

jtotheizzoe: \u201cIf Only We Had Taller Been\u201d We lost the great Ray Bradbury on this day in 2012. To celebrate this amazing writer, here is his poetic ode to exploration. Every time I watch this, I almost cry.\u00a0 In November 1971, Ray Bradbury joined Arthur C. Clarke, Carl Sagan and others at NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion … <\/p>\n

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