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Life, atom of that Infinite Space that stretcheth, 'twixt the Here and There.

Richard Francis Burton
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In the United Kingdom, for example, the sheer overwhelming dominance of London makes it extremely for provincial cities to develop more than a very restricted financial function. London, in that sense, is akin to the notorious upas tree, a fabulous Javanese tree so poisonous that it destroys all life for many miles around itself.

Peter Dicken
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The sound of progress is perhaps the sound of plummeting hypotheses.

Peter Haggett

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By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their country which only history will be able to value fully. Among the Americans serving on Iwo island, uncommon valor was a common virtue.
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