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...spirit who broached the possibilities of thought transference would have been immediately fried in oil or pleasantly stimulated, perhaps, with red hot pincers. Times change, however. Galileo, in an effort to keep his self respect without losing his head, was forced to murmur his truths to himself in a defliant which per; but when the modern student can learn without a quiver that a new universe has been discovered from which light takes a million years to travel to the earth, it is safe to assert that the world is becoming shock-proof...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "SUDDEN A THOUGHT--" | 3/29/1924 | See Source »

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