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Why Has Not Man A Microscopic Eye? For This Plain Reason,--man Is Not A Fly.
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Why has not man a microscopic eye?
For this plain reason,--man is not a fly.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
-- Essay on Man, Epistle i, Line 193
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