in recorded state history:
burning a total of 829,000 acres, or nearly 1,300 square miles, as of this morningFehd/P/SJMerc - 14.Jul.08
...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