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— Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle"The Art of Flying is but newly invented, twill improve by degrees, and in time grow perfect; then we may fly as far as the Moon."
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At first we will only skim the surface of the earth like young starlings, but soon, emboldened by practice and experience, we will spring into the air with the impetuousness of the eagle, diverting ourselves by watching the childish behavior of the little men or awling miserably around on the earth below us.
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