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#.#.##..#. there  must  have been countless  worlds #.#.#.#.#.
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#.#.##..#. things  are recent. humanity  is recent. #.#.#.#.#.
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#.#.##..#. next person  but  what  about the earth? #.#.#.#.#.
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