"To take an illustration—a bad one, I admit, but enough for our purpose—one may consider time as a river. You… — John Wyndham
"To take an illustration—a bad one, I admit, but enough for our purpose—one may consider time as a river. You may turn boats adrift on it at many points, and they will all collect together at the same serious obstacle, whether they have travelled a hundred miles or two miles."
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