How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is clearly Ocean.

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Topic

Ocean and sea The earth

Speaker

Arthur C. Clarke

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Clarke, Arthur C. Quoted in "Hands Up for the Gaia Hypothesis." Written by James E. Lovelock. Nature Journal, 8 Mar. 1990.

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Another quote about Ocean and sea

I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.

John Masefield

Sea-Fever

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Topic
Sailing Ocean and sea

Author

John Masefield
Source
Sea-Fever
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1902 1900s 20th century
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Original Citation

Masefield, John. "Sea-Fever." Salt-Water Ballads. London: Grant Richards, 1902, I. 1.

Current Citation

Masefield, John. "Sea-Fever." Sea Fever: Selected Poems of John Masefield, edited by Philip W. Errington. Carcanet Press, 2005, I. 1.