Time Is But The Stream I Go A-fishin In. I Drink At It, But While I Drink I See The Sandy Bottom And Detect How Shallow It Is.

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Time is but the stream I go a-fishin in. I drink at it, but while I
drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. It's thin
current slides away, but eternity remains.
Henry David Thoreau

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