It is curious to note the old sea-margins of human thought Each subsiding century reveals some new mystery we build where monsters used to hide themselves. (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

It is curious to note the old sea-margins of human thought Each subsiding century reveals some new mystery we build where monsters used to hide themselves.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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