BluePoint - Carl Sagan- Memorial Page 8

Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 13:09:53 +1000
From: Jennifer Stewart <J_fersOffice@bigpond.com>
Subject: An appreciation of Carl Sagan

What I most admire about Carl Sagan is his belief in the inherent goodness of human beings. (It's not possible to use the past tense - every time I read his books, I can hear him speaking.)

His words always seem to focus on the positive - he writes about the brilliance of the human mind and the courage of our spirit in the face of the unknown and it makes me believe that everything will work out for the

Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 10:43:01 -0600
From: mweld@gustavus.edu
Subject: Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan's writings and television shows made me deeply happy.There is something special about him.

Matthew B. Weld
Gustavus Adolphus College

Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 03:47:05 EST
From: WMcki68443@aol.com
Subject: Carl Sagan in Memory

I didn't know Carl Sagan but I was dlighted when he spoke at the U of Arizona about 1995, I think. He was accessible to me as a layman who had majored in political science and minored in creative writing and went on to graduate school for liberal studies. The Cosmos series and book were great and I watched him on television and read everything I could about him. I loved the
movie Contact and watched some of it tonight because I was webbing on astronomy and space on my computer. I got Billions and Billions last year and I feel even more like I know him and his family. Anne Druyan must be a terrific person, and I hope his children know how much he meant to us and how grateful we are they shared him with us. He helped us all to become more
human. And I understand their pain because I lost my father to a disease (cancer) that lasted over two years and had us on a emotional rollercoaster ride until he passed away when I was fifteen.

Carl Sagan was the true definition of an intellectual, something we don't have enough of today. We have too many political punits who cannot speak in depth about social philosophy the way Mr. Sagan could. An intellectual is onewho strays outside his field of endeavor and meddles in affairs (such as politics) that are none of his or her business. He certainly did this. He strayed beyond his profession, pressured the decision makers to make decisions that would care for the earth, to respect it for being so unique, and to respect the creation of life. He was my spokesman, and the spokesperson of the many people who couldn't buttonhole some decision maker at a cocktail engaement. He was there for us, and we were fortunate for what he did for us, and for what he learned from his friends, family and Annie.

I saw him last on Nightline and he had no hair, but I never thought that it was going to be the last time I saw him. He was too young. I'll never forget that last interview with Ted Koeppel and the debate about life on Mars. There he was discussing something on the cutting edge of history such as life on Mars, even as his own life was in question. He was explaining aspects of life and the universe that only a person with a head of brick could not be moved by. I am truly sorry he will not be around to see what the next century brings. But he had a ful life; he helped pave the direction we will take, as much so as some names from history we first learn about in elementary school, and then more so as we pass up the ladder of knowledge. He will be part of the story of science that future generations learn about when teachers speak of the 20th century, just as they did of those they speak about when they discuss those that helped shape of the universe in the 19th, 18th, and 17th centuries.

In Highest Regards,

Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 12:57:15 -0000
From: alanr@compbook.co.uk
To: webadmin@bluepoint.com.tr
Subject: Carl Sagan Tribute

I have read several Carl Sagan books, most recentl the Demon Haunted World and Billions and Billions. His work is truly inspirational. For a long time now, I have felt grave concern over the conduct of human beings and the way in which we seem to show so little understanding in what and who we are. The ways in which we fail dismally to use logic and critical thought to help define our behaviour. The ways in which our critical thought to help define our behaviour. The ways in which our materialistic society will put economic policy and drive before human and animal (earthly) welfare. We are at a time in our development when it is no longer acceptable to put our own desires ahead of the global community. We must now defend our existence and rectify the great wrongs we have administered over the planet. The earth must come together.

Carl Sagan for me is one of the first serious minded people who has had the nerve to speak out loudly against the dogma that most people accept as Gospel. In losing him, the earth has lost a great advocate. His approach was rational, careful and fair. Such an attitude is to be respected and followed. He had a great deal to teach humanity and we are so fortunate that such wisdom can still be passed on (in the form of books, TV etc) to the generations that will need to learn such lessons if we are to survive the next few centuries.

Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 21:59:07 -0000
From: Mike Crowder <michael@crowder8.freeserve.co.uk>
Subject: Carl,Sagan

If there was ever one person in the world I would have loved to spend time wth it was him.
Perhaps one day in his Cosmos I will.

Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 17:26:47 +0800
From: Expro <billdickie@exprobrunei.com>

Truly a great man, because of his educational programs mainly COSMOS the TV series, the Universe and its glories became the realm of the scientists no more. And an eight year old boy began a journey of discovery for himself. A sad loss to us all.

Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 02:23:01 +0200
From: Ahmet SIKICI <ahmets@egenet.com.tr>
Subject: Loss of Carl Sagan

His books made us develop a habit of watching the universe around us in a new exciting way and inspired us in our amateur astronomy studies. I would like every child to be brought up with his books.

Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 16:17:32 -0600
From: Rodrigo Gomez <rgomez@ags.ciateq.mx>
Subject: About Carl Sagan.

Hello there.

Well, I'm a young men (17 years old) and I have been reading Sagan's books since I'm 14. I have to accept that Carl made me think a lot about our Universe. Since I read Cosmos, I can't stop thinking in the other parts of the Universe. The first book I read was "Shadows of forgotten ancestors" (I don't know very well the english translation), I was very surprised. Since then, I have been collecting all of his books, and, obviusly, reading it.

I think that, if all of the young people read some book of Carl Sagan, our life would be better in a lot of ways. I only want to express my gratitude in a public way, it's the less I can do.

Thanks!!!

Rodrigo Gómez.
Aguascalientes, Ags., México

Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 18:46:09 -0600
From: Carol Ortloff Trautmann <revcacom@chilesat.net>

He showed me that science is the best and the only way to find the answers for all the mysteries of life. That was the most important lesson he gave me and I will be grateful all my life.

He had already died when I read his books, I wish I knew about them before.

Alexander Ortloff Trautmann

Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 22:20:10 -0800
From: dtopia@earthlink.net
Subject: Goodbye and Thankyou

May we all be led from the darkness, your inspiration touches all of humanity weather they know it or not.

Thank you

Date: Mon, 08 Mar 1999 21:21:39 -0600
From: Virgil Dagman <dagman@mlgc.com>
Subject: Carl Sagan: Gone but not forgotten.

First, I would like to congratulate Bluepoint of a terrific job of assembling this web site. I chose Carl Sagan as the topic for my 12th
grade english biography project. I selected Carl Sagan for my project because his achievements in science and astronomy have been unequaled by any American astronomer, past or present. It is also a great chance to pay tribute to the wonderful man Sagan was. I found this web site very informative and helpful.

Travis Dagman

Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 07:53:23 EST
From: FLY5xx@aol.com
Subject: Thoughts...

I would just like to say that Dr Carl Sagan's way of explaining his views has had a profound effect upon my own understanding of space,life,meaning and purpose. It is refreshing relieving and humbling to say the vey least.

It is a hope of mine that the big issue of egocentricity/geocentricity is addressed and communicated in a more deep and meaningful way particularly within the sciences. We have a responsibility towards developing our enquiry and understanding and in turn sharing this with our young and lively-minded fellow beings. Our understanding of the sciences,indeed all knowledge,ought to
refresh and inspire us, to open our minds to so much more without fear and prejudice.

I have read "the Demon Haunted World", "Millions and Millions" and "Contact" and I believe that Carl's light continues to shine through his work. He had a beautiful mind that communicated something of value to me.

I enjoy your website and will visit again
Fly5xx@aol.com aka: Laura Hall, Worcestershire, England.

Date: Wed, 10 Mar 99 17:20:23 Eastern Daylight Time
From: cliff blum <shamrck5@gte.net>

I just started learning about him but I think he is a extrodinary man. He was so smart and was a great thinker.

Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 04:19:24 EST
From: AdharaCBB@aol.com
Subject: My Model

Carl was the turning point in my life. When i was in 6th grade he came to my school and he gave a great speach. I knew that from then what i was going to do. I also got to talk with him and he was so aspiring. I hope Carl found his happy place and i will always carry him within me as I fufill my part in his work.

Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 10:16:59 EST
From: Ole83501@aol.com
Subject: Dr. Sagan: A True Hero

In these days where movie stars and athletes are worshiped as icons, Dr. Sagan stands out as the person I would want my child to be like. He was the underdog in a world ignorant of science, and obsessed with psychic hotlines and other bunk. Although he is gone, he still continues to be a voice of reason that is so badly needed. His body is no longer here, but his ideas and
his voice will persevere through generations to come.

Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 00:20:06 -0800
From: amuir@bellsouth.net
Subject: Carl Sagan Memorial Page

What will happen now that you'r gone?

I will miss CARL for all my days to come. The world will never know another like him. He made the stuff that my dreams are made of, and gave me that stuff to make those dreams. He gave alot of us that stuff to keep those dreams alive. CARL'S dream will go on in me and in mankind forever.

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 08:06:36 -0500
From: aclandry@globetrotter.net
Subject: Carl Sagan

J'ai aimé la prise de conscience te l'amour du cosmos qu'il a fait naitre en moi.

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 18:45:09 -0800
From: tagosti@corporatevat.com
Subject: He shall be missed.

I never really realized what a hero Carl was until he left us. He shall be missed.

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 14:53:22 -0500
From: jtl1@netzero.net
Subject: Sagan

Carl Sagan opened my eyes to the extraordinary possibilities of science and the enormous potential of the humans race, and let me
appreciate the hidden beauty of the night sky...

Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 09:44:33 +0800
From: lwlijn@singnet.com.sg
Subject: Hope So

A life had gone, gone into another galaxy...Voyager is waiting for u
there.......

Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 12:45:20 -0600
From: Chris Vassilico <ctlc@wt.net>
Subject: Thanks Carl

Just saw the memorial on the NASA Channel.Great to still see the love of this people to a man who had so much influence on it.Thanks Carl,you will always be remembered.

Chris Vassilico
Someone you touched

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 15:20:10 +0530
From: Rakesh Kumar Sawan <sawan@india.dharma.com>
Subject: Carl Sagan is Alive in our Memories

Sorry, I am too late to enter this message,Bear with me. What I want to say is Carl Sagan Can never dies he is still alive in ourselves
and is't our responsibility to make his world of dreams Real.

Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 22:36:09 -0300
From: Olga Knaibl <oknaibl@ciudad.com.ar>
Subject: In memorian Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan: un ser admirable, cuya temprana muerte es una pérdida para la humanidad. Un Maestro en el más profundo sentido del término, que no solo enseña sino que motiva y tiene el don, por su inteligencia y la calidad de su espíritu, de provocar verdaderas transformaciones en la mente y el corazón de los que hemos tenido la suerte de entrar en contacto con sus ideas, sus libros, sus programas televisivos. Alguien así no muere, porque ha sido un Sembrador, y sigue viviendo en todos y.

Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 06:50:42 -0300
From: Patricio C. Gatti <pcgatti@pinos.com>
Subject: Dr. Sagan´s voice keeps ringing

He himself said that books give us the opportunity to go back again and again, waiting patiently for us to discover their ideas, and I should add, their light. I´ve just come to some of his latest works, and being a teacher of English in Argentina, I´ve decided to use the audio edition of A Demon-Haunted World, together with the book to teach not only the language, but the civilized rationality expressed by Carl Sagan. I imagine it´s a good way to honor his work and the light he lit in my soul and mind.

Laura Azcoaga

Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 21:56:13 +0800
From: Thava Kumar <tksam@singnet.com.sg>
Subject: Carl Sagen

I bid farewell to a person who has inspired me in my life. His documentary , Cosmos had significant impact to my life.
Thank you for the inspiration.

Regards,
Thava Kumaremail : tksam@singnet.com.sg

Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 11:44:48 +-300
From: "[iso-8859-1] çééí ñáåñ÷é" <haimz@jazo.org.il>
Subject: add my signutare

My name is zabusky haim. i'm add my sinutare in the memorial book.

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 99 04:29:20 Central Daylight Time
From: robert bob yancey <r.yancey2@gte.net>

Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 19:21:00 -0700
From: Emam Family <emam@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: <Carl Sagan - Forever>

I didn't even hear of Sagan until the day of his death. A few months later I read my first of Sagan's books, The Dragons of Eden. Now I've read every one of his books, and through them he has mentored me. I was at a point of misdirection in my life, and now everything is clear. He brought a little light into all our lives, I don't know where I'd be without him.

Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 21:49:13 -0700
From: Jerry Eveleth <jerryeve@pacbell.net>
Subject: Carl Sagan comments

Carl Sagan's Cosmos series was a major part of my awakening, and subsequent spiritual growth. While some claim that science offends religion (ritualized spirituality), I have found that the principles of science greatly support and beautify spirituality. In fact, were it not for science, thoughtful and informed spirituality would likely regress to the demon-haunted world Carl so well described in his last book. The beauty of the Universe was so wonderfully and enthusiastically presented by Cosmos, that spirituality seemed to hatch from the grandeur of the evolutionary biology described in the series.

Science is indeed a light in our demon-haunted world. And while I believe science is ultimately subordinate to some greater principles that we will likely understand in the future, we can only learn what is relevant in any era, and that is what was offered in Cosmos.

Carl Sagan? May you rest in peace with the knowledge that your contribution was among the greatest. I will look forward to hearing from you in your next lifetime, and will always be grateful to you for your profound work.

Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 17:53:59 +0100
From: Richard Hunter <Huddz@btinternet.com>
Subject: Carl Sagan The man

The most humane person I have ever had the pleasure of listening to.

Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 03:03:15 -0500
From: Mark Heino <heino86@netins.net>
Subject: Sagan tribute

Carl Sagan was truly a shining light in the darkness. His encouragement for us to be skeptical and not credulous is a message that
needs to be heard repeatedly in this day and age. We as a society are science illiterate; it was a pleasure to know someone, albeit only through his published works, that fought the good fight against that. I think it was Sagan who said, "Science is what we
do so we may enjoy the Arts." Coming from a science-intensive background engendred by my father, a professor of inorganic chemistry, I have learned to respect the need for skepticism and incredulity, concepts eloquently stated by Sagan.

He was a man who wrote well and cogently, and he was a pleasure to read. Dr. Carl Sagan will be sorely missed, both as an author of the first magnitude and a scientist of significant repute.

Mark L.Heino
Carroll, Iowa

Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 22:38:58 -0500
From: Armando M. Maldonado <citibank@edomex1.telmex.net.mx>
Subject: Pensamientos...

Hi, my english is very bad, I write in spanish...

Que tal, quiero aportar lo que me dejo Carl Sagan, ya que me hizo querer a nuestro Cosmos y es que pensandolo bien TODOS somos parte de este. Carl dejo en mi, el pensamiento de que hay algo que nos quiere, que nos ensena sus maravillosas obras y que ahi estan para que algun dia lleguemos a ellas (o regresemos, no lo se). Fue mi gran Maestro con su interesantisimo libro
COSMOS, lo lei ya como 20 veces en todos estos anos y los demas tambien.

Creo que Carl Sagan no esta muerto, regreso a donde siempre ha pertenicido, regreso al COSMOS.

Gracias...

And I want to say that Carl Sagan is not dead, he return at COSMOS that where pertain...

I have never forgot the first time I have read his book: Cosmos. He truly inspired me with his great wisdom. I can say with no doubt that Dr Sagans´books awakened me to a scientific career!

Adiel MACEDO-VERAS,
B.SC UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DA BAHIA/BRAZIL
M.SC INSTITUT NATIONAL POLYTECHNIQUE DE LORRAINE/FRANCE
M.SC ÉCOLE DES MINES D´ALÈS/FRANCE

sunprobe1@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2003 04:08:17 +0000

Dear Carl,

Its a bit late to say goodbye as you have been gone these seven years. But then again you are not really gone as your presence is still with us and always will be. You are very much now a part of the Universe, something we will all be someday. I miss watching you on television with absolute enthusiasm for the universe around us. I only hope others like yourself will continue your love, excitement and enthusiasm for the place we call home and of course ...the cosmos.

I like many miss you. Rest peacefully.

Stephen Canada

Still my little girl and I marval at the words from carl in cosmos dvd's

john b.carver

<tomlava@adelphia.net>
Date: 7.11.2004

I am doing an electronic presentation on Carl Sagan in front of my class this Tuesday, November 9th, 2004. I am a college student, Earth and Space Science Education is my major. Carl Sagan is one of the reasons I have chosen this path. I can only repay him by spreading his thoughts, ideas, and knowledge to my friends, colleagues, and future generations like so many seeds amongst the fertile minds of youth. Cosmos is my Bible.

As Sagan knew would happen, the period of space exploration, earth and environmental scientific discovery, and healthy skepticism, the period when it appeared that humans and our governments might begin to understand that we now have full responsibility for "the stewardship of earth", is waning; and we are entering another era of religious fundamentalism, political incompetence, moral absurdity - an era in which the unsolved problems of overpopulation and environmental damage, and tribal politics will worsen. It is more important than ever that we preserve and pass on the knowledge that he tried to give us. It may dwindle to a vital spark; but after the horrors to come, such knowledge, and the new knowledge that it leads to, will one day save the world, and humanity. The thing about the truth is that, unlike myths, fantasies, and dogma, it won't go away, and can't be destroyed.

May, 11 2006 01:33:22 -0000
annehollenberg@yahoo.com
Dr. Sagan will never be forgotten. Although I never pursued science as a career, it has always been near and dear to my heart. Having watched Cosmos as a child, I have always enjoyed astronomy and my husband and I have 4 telescopes we enjoy very much. Now we are expecting our first child, and I hope to pass on many of Carl's enlightening contributions for the hope of humankind's future.
Anne Dowd Hollenberg

May, 25 2006 03:41:09 -0000
edmondsmom@yahoo.com
The thing about Carl Sagan is, the love, that passed away in my city 10 years ago.
I wept today, grieved.. for the loss of that love in the world, because a love of mine has left me. .. yet Dr. Sagan's words.. of how precious life is and love is.. noteably when you are about to lose it, gave me hope that I will know this love again and assurance of it's importance in the universe. Somehow, Carl's spirit comforted me today. There is no scientific evidence of a spirit.. but Carl knows.. the truth. Diana, Seattle

July, 23 2006
dinoplanet@vtr.net

I'm from Chile,
I'm gratefull for Carl's feelung and love to science.

August 16 2006
LevenM@aol.com

It is almost ten years now since Carl Sagan passed away. As I watch reruns of his Cosmos series, I'm reminded of how much we lost when he died. Yet I'm also moved by all the scientists and the scientific discoveries of the last ten years--many of the discoverers and their discoveries were inspired and motivated by Dr. Sagan's romantic passion for science and the physical laws of the universe. Dr. Sagan may no longer be with us, but his influence continues to affect us today. There will be greater discoveries in the future and even greater scientists to discover them. But there will never be another Carl Sagan. Fortunately, his memory still inspires us today, and tomorrow.

Marc Levenson
Pleasanton, California