time without end

In a 1979 paper, “Time without end: Physics and biology in an open universe,” Dyson asserts that the universe has a point, a purpose, as long as it harbors intelligence.

Can there be equal treatment, please, the group asked, underlining that they had represented South Africa on merit: “Far too many white South Africans cannot accept that black cricketers have proved, time without end, that they are good enough to play at the highest level.”

He wrote his 1979 paper “Time Without End: Physics and Biology in an Open Universe,” in response to Steven Weinberg’s infamous remark that “the more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless.”

Mahalia Jackson sings about heavenly time without end.

Everybody knows the German proverb: better a terrible end than a terrible time without end.