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"I like the book and its predecessor, but this bit from page 29 would make Sir Isaac spin beneath Westminster Abbey's floor, "They had to be burning the engines at absolute maximum to be coming in this hot... [the ship] could hit that speed, but not maintain it for very long; it was too small and would run out of fuel." Yet, I read on..." — Aug 06, 2026 06:25PM
"I like the book and its predecessor, but this bit from page 29 would make Sir Isaac spin beneath Westminster Abbey's floor, "They had to be burning the engines at absolute maximum to be coming in this hot... [the ship] could hit that speed, but not maintain it for very long; it was too small and would run out of fuel." Yet, I read on..." — Aug 06, 2026 06:25PM
“So great is the dignity and excellency of humane nature, and so active those sparks of heavenly fire it partakes of, that they ought to be look'd upon as very mean, and unworthy the name of men, who thro' pusillanimity, by them call'd prudence, or thro' sloth, which they stile moderation, or else through avarice, to which they give the name of frugality, at any rate withdraw themselves from performing great and noble actions.
-Giovanni Francesco Gemelli Careri,
A Voyage Round the World
As quoted in Neal Stephenson, The Confusion”
― The Confusion
-Giovanni Francesco Gemelli Careri,
A Voyage Round the World
As quoted in Neal Stephenson, The Confusion”
― The Confusion
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