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But when we have abstracted all the forms perceived by our sensibility, there remains a pure intuition which we call space.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics Various 1910
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Sophia was touched by the story and touched nearly also by the heart of the man who told it, for in such telling the hearts of speaker and listener beat against one another through finer medium than that which we call space.
What Necessity Knows Lily Dougall 1890
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And resist the temptation to use words like “L@@K”, “WOW” and “MUST SEE” because they waste valuable title space.
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You can even go the other way and say “What do atoms make up?” and go on into the infinity we know as space.
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Peter Merholz suggests common tags will be "desire lines" people beat through the tag space.
Accountability and Culture in a Loosely Coupled World - Anil Dash 2005
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UNIDENTIFIED ASTRONAUT: We're very honored to assist in recognizing George Lucas, an explorer in his own right, who has bridged the boundaries of cinematography and science fiction, to excite imagination and to inspire young and old throughout the world about this field we call space.
CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: Meet the Oscar Contenders - March 18, 2001 2001
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I can tell you that in your universe you move freely in three dimensions that you call space.
Mostly Harmless Adams, Douglas, 1952- 1992
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In utter nothingness there would be no condition such as we call space.
The Cosmic Engineer Simak, Clifford D. 1950
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To her, everything was solid rock that we know as space.
The Moon Maid 1923
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It should be noticed that this last sentence contains both of the distinct uses of the word space.
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