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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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20.4.03

The forest fires raging across Scotland this weekend are set to cost landowners and local authorities millions of pounds, with the cost of the Ayrshire blaze alone estimated at between �2 million and �3m.

Firefighters were last night struggling to battle the heath, moorland and forest fires extending across Scotland as forecasters predicted only a slight respite from the unseasonably dry spring weather.

Sunday Herald (Glasgow)

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