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    When John Henry was a little fellow,
    You could hold him in the palm of your hand,
    He said to his pa, “When I grow up
    I’m gonna be a steel-driving man.
    Gonna be a steel-driving man.”
    —Unknown. John Henry (l. 1–5)

    There’s no law against taking off a spaceship. It’s never been done so they haven’t gotten around to prohibiting it.
    —Rip Van Ronkel, and Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988)