earthman
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earthmen
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Origin of earthman
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You see, the great difficulty for earthman is that he does not understand, he thinks of love as emotion, but true love, my friends, is understanding.
From Dorothy's Mystical Adventures in Oz by Robert J. Evans
As Morquil read farther and explained sections that Dick couldn't understand, the earthman felt uneasy.
From Wanted—7 Fearless Engineers! by Frederick Orlin Tremaine
On Mercury an earthman would have muscles of unheard of power and adults would constantly strive to rise against their masters.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 by Harry Bates
The Jivro Empire is ending, I think, earthman.
From Valley of the Croen by Lee Tarbell
Actually, he admitted, he had been the first earthman to talk to a person from another world.
From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Edward J. Ruppelt
The stories "were connected by the repeated theme that earthmen are despoilers and not developers", according to the FBI.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 30, 2012
So when earthmen land on a foreign planet, they had better not eat the indigenous plants or animals; if they do, they will be poisoned, or at least will not be nourished.
From Time Magazine Archive
Never before had earthmen seen so sweeping a view of their planet's splotchy atmosphere.
From Time Magazine Archive
We are confident that the exploration of outer space will greatly benefit earthmen.
From Time Magazine Archive
When you came, you earthmen in your great ships, the Narakan was a hunted creature on his own planet and had been back as far as he could remember.
From Narakan Rifles, About Face! by Jan Smith
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