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/ In the space of one hundred and seventy-six years the Mississippi has shortened \
| itself two hundred and forty-two miles. Therefore ... in the Old Silurian       |
| Period the Mississippi River was upward of one million three hundred thousand   |
| miles long ... seven hundred and forty-two years from now the Mississippi will  |
| be only a mile and three-quarters long. ... There is something fascinating      |
| about science. One gets such wholesome returns of conjecture out of such a      |
| trifling investment of fact.                                                    |
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\ -- Mark Twain                                                                   /
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