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...But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise I skill not...
Milton, Areopagitica

Except he had found the
standing sea-rock that even this last
Temptation breaks on; quieter than death but lovelier; peace
that quiets the desire even of praising it.

Jeffers, Meditation On Saviors


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17.10.02

On a fine - and relatively unpolluted - day, particularly when the humidity is low during winter, the observatory offers spectacular views of Mt. Fuji to the west, the Boso and Miura peninsulas (on either side of Tokyo Bay), the Hakone mountains and Mt. Tsukuba to the northeast.

The object of attacks from Godzilla, Tokyo Tower, which was snapped in half by the creature, has been forever lodged in pop culture folklore. But its finest moment might have been in 1983 when the supernatural psychic Uri Geller used the Tower as a relay station to bend spoons and fix broken watches in homes all over Tokyo.

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