the word 'ship' will mean - 'spaceship.' --where did Clarke write this?

[Art Haupt]

For all but a vanishing instant near the dawn of history, the word
'ship' will mean - 'spaceship.' --Arthur C. Clarke

Where did Clarke write this? I know I read the original source years
ago but can't locate it. And while this quote appears widely on the
Web, nobody ever gives the source.

Thanks for any info about the source.

[Dr J R Stockton]

In alt.books.arthur-clarke message <0d4584af-8fa3-4d53-baf7-76c7d1a597d0
@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com>, Sun, 13 Jul 2008 06:29:16, Art Haupt
<AHau...@gmail.com> posted:

In my paperback copy of ACC's "Voices from the Sky", the chapter "Ships
for the Stars" ends with nearly that :

For all but a brief moment near the dawn of history,
the word 'ship' will mean simply - 'spaceship.'

Publisher Mayflower pbk, 5/-, UK, 1969 (hbk Gollancz 1966).

ACC may, of course, have used your form elsewhere.

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[Art Haupt]

> In my paperback copy of ACC's "Voices from the Sky", the chapter "Ships
> for the Stars" ends with nearly that :
>
> For all but a brief moment near the dawn of history,
> the word 'ship' will mean simply - 'spaceship.'
>

Thank you very much for the citation. Eons ago I must have read that
essay and promptly forgotten the exact source. By contrast, the quote
is unforgettable; in a few words it says a lot.