Van Nest Park

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    There’s no law against taking off a spaceship. It’s never been done so they haven’t gotten around to prohibiting it.
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    “... Or how should love be worth its pains were it not
    That when he has fallen asleep within my arms,
    Being wearied out, I love in man the child?
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