13 APR 2012 by ideonexus

 The Eiffel Tower as a Symbol of Time

Man has been here 32,000 years. That it took a hundred million years to prepare the world for him is proof that that is what it was done for. I suppose it is. I dunno. If the Eiffel tower were now representing the world's age, the skin of paint on the pinnacle-knob at its summit would represent man's share of that age; & anybody would perceive that that skin was what the tower was built for. I reckon they would. I dunno.
Folksonomies: big history time
Folksonomies: big history time
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From Mark Twain, with the paint on the top of it as Man's time on Earth.