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.........~ The Basement Is A Man-Made Subterranean ~.........
.......... Environment Where You Could Find Such ..........
.......... Things As The Furnace, The Labyrinth, ..........
.......... Reptiles Or Graves. ..........
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.......... A Small Or Rural Basement Is A Cellar. ..........
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........~= Often Created In Good Faith, A Basement =~........
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.......~== The Purpose Of A Basement Is Often To ==~.......
........~= Hide Unsightly Appliances, Engines, =~........
.........~ Infrastructure (Pipes And Wells)... Or ~.........
.......... To Hide The True Weight (Purpose?) Of A ..........
.......... Building. ..........
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.......... To Draw From The Earth Around It, Push ..........
.......... Above Ground, Laundered. ..........
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.......... A Cellar Is A More Senseful Affair, ..........
.........~ Less Intense... Made To Store Things ~.........
........~= (Food Or Brews, Tools) In A Colder =~........
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