After a while the press of business in the province put an end to our philosophizing, and I returned with increased determination to my plans to fly to the Moon. (Cyrano de Bergerac)

After a while the press of business in the province put an end to our philosophizing, and I returned with increased determination to my plans to fly to the Moon.

Cyrano de Bergerac

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