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The Northwest Territories, 62.07 N 90.45 W, 0812 Hours |
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We scrutinize the dates
Of long-past human things
The bounds of effaced states,
The lines of deceased kings;
We search out dead men's words,
and works of dead men's hands MATTHEW ARNOLD, "EMPEDOCLES ON ETNA" |
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Morgan was stunned by his fall, and disoriented by the roiling mud and debris he had disturbed when he struck the bottom of the bay. Slowly, the current cleared the water around him. He found himself sitting, half-caught under the curve of the missile's flank, one hand resting on something soft and yielding, somehow loathsome. He twisted around, directed his helmet lights downward, and sucked in his breath at what he saw. |
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His hand rested on a woman's breast. A few inches above his gloved fingers, he could see her blue-white neck, tom and |
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