Quarles Van Ufford

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    Like to the Artick needle, that doth guide
    The wand’ring shade by his magnetick pow’r,
    And leaves his silken Gnomon to decide
    The question of the controverted houre;
    —Francis Quarles (1592–1644)

    Not only is this the greatest adventure awaiting mankind, but it’s the greatest challenge ever hurled at American industry.
    —Rip Van Ronkel, and Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988)