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..........               * OUR WORLD *              ..........
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.......... IS THAT IT'S PRETTY YOUNG  AS WORLDS GO, ..........
.......... THERE  MUST  HAVE BEEN COUNTLESS  WORLDS ..........
.......... HERE  BEFORE  OURS,  ON THIS  EARTH, AND ..........
..........             WHAT ABOUT THIS:             ..........
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........^« IF I  AM  A  CAT,  TWENTY YEARS  OF AGE, «^........
.......^«* I'VE LIVED  ALMOST  TWO PERCENT  OF  THE *«^.......
......^«**            TIME SINCE ZERO BCE           **«^......
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....^«**$# THINGS ARE  RECENT. HUMANITY IS  RECENT. #$**«^....
...^«**$#£ IT  WAS NOT, GEOLOGICALLY SPEAKING, SUCH £#$**«^...
..^«**$#£# A VERY  LONG  TIME SINCE  THEY  INVENTED #£#$**«^..
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...^«**$#£ I  LIKE THE  WHEEL  JUST  AS MUCH AS THE £#$**«^...
....^«**$# NEXT  PERSON  BUT WHAT ABOUT THE  EARTH? #$**«^....
.....^«**$ THE  ORIGINAL  MARBLE.   THE  LOOSE  ORB $**«^.....
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