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We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore. What falls there are, we know not; what rocks beset the channel, we know not; what walls ride over the river, we know not. Ah, well! we may conjecture many things.

John Wesley Powell

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Wir haben noch eine unbekannte Entfernung, einen unbekannten Fluss zu erkunden. Was dort fällt, wissen wir nicht; welche Felsen den Kanal bedrängen, wissen wir nicht; welche Mauern über den Fluss reiten, wissen wir nicht. Ah, gut! Wir können viele Dinge vermuten.

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