There
before him, floating gently amid the vastness of heaven, he looked
direct and unhindered into the glowing white-light majesty of a living
dwarf star. And whether the true source of the transmission or not, the
image itself was real.
Steady and unwavering, the Voice continued. 'Long ago, when my heart
was younger, the being that became my flesh gave birth also to many
orbiting spheres. Most were stillborn, as is often the way of
heaven. But three lived on. These have been called by men Venus, Mars
and the Earth. Each in its own way and in its own time was capable of
bearing and supporting new life. But of the three, the one called Earth
was fairest. Like a fertile womb it lay sleeping, a perfect
cloud-veiled globe of wide red lands and mighty oceans. Already the
throbbings of life could be seen, as tiny colonies of cells swam
restlessly among themselves, waiting only for direction. It was here
then I chose to sow my seed, that life should come from life, and my
spirit be continued.
'So it was that after a time very long and yet very short, creatures
of flesh came to swim in Earth's oceans, later to walk upon the land.
But still I perceived a great void: there were none to look back and
wonder, as I did, at the mystery of Universe which had spawned them.
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