There are the stars--doing their old, old crisscross journeys in the sky. Scholars haven't settled the matter yet, … - Thornton Wilder

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What you already know is merely a good departure point.

Thornton Wilder

There are the stars--doing their old, old crisscross journeys in the sky. Scholars haven't settled the matter yet, but they seem to think there are no living beings out there. Just chalk. . . or fire. Only this one is straining away, straining away all the time to make something of itself. Strain's so bad that every sixteen hours everybody lies down and gets a rest.

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