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This really wonderful invention -- so wonderful, indeed, that it will surpass the faith of those who do not pause to consider what vast forestallments of modern science have been made and lost in the darkness of ages not fitted to receive them -- was, doubtless, in many important details not yet adapted for the practical uses to which Adam designed its application.
The Last of the Barons — Volume 03 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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This really wonderful invention -- so wonderful, indeed, that it will surpass the faith of those who do not pause to consider what vast forestallments of modern science have been made and lost in the darkness of ages not fitted to receive them -- was, doubtless, in many important details not yet adapted for the practical uses to which Adam designed its application.
The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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