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'and For My Part, Gentlemen,' Said I, 'that I May Put In For A Share, And Guess With The Rest; Not To Amuse Myself With Those Curious Notions Wherewith You Tickle And Spur On Slow-paced Time; I Believe, That The Moon Is A World Like Ours, To Which This Of Ours Serves Likewise For A Moon.'

Even If A King Defeats His Enemy In Battle, That Still Doesn't Settle Anything. There Are Other, Less Numerous Armies Of Philosophers And Scientists, And Their Contests Determine The True Triumph Or Defeat Of Nations. One Scholar Is Matched With Another; One Creative Mind With Another; And One Judicious Temperament With His Counterpart. A Victory Won On That Field Counts For Three Won By Force Of Arms.

I Planted My Self In The Middle Of A Great Many Glasses Full Of Dew, Tied Fast About Me, Upon Which The Sun So Violently Darted His Rays, That The Heat, Which Attracted Them, As It Does The Thickest Clouds, Carried Me Up So High, That At Length I Found My Self Above The Middle Region Of The Air.

Perish The Universe, Provided I Have My Revenge!

Well - When I Write My Book, And Tell The Tale Of My Adventures - All These Little Stars That Shake Out Of My Cloak - I Must Save Those To Use For Asterisks.