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Erbium Dowel
The earth, that is sufficient, I do not want the
constellations any nearer, I know they are very well where
they are, I know they suffice for those who belong to them.
-Walt Whitman
Leaves of Grass
"Song of the Open Road" (1855)
it took years, it was a technological dream and a
diplomatic nightmare, but finally they got around to
building the Machine. Various neologisms were proposed, and
project names evocative of ancient myths. But from the
beginning everyone had called |
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