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Sometimes,because we use the same words,we assume we mean the same thing


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But things move on and by the time you've plotted your position the world around you has changed and you are running -panting- to catch up.



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If people can write to each other across space, why can they not write across time too?



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So at the heart of all things is the germ of their overthrow; the closer you are to the heart, the closer to the reversal. Nowhere to go but down. You reach the core and then you're blown away--



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So. Tell me. What do you think? Which is better? To take action and perhaps make a fatal mistake - or to take no action and die slowly anyway?



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And so the very thing that should make Egypt strong - the richness and diversity of her culture - serves to divide her and make her weak.





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