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Quote of the Day

Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails, Pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales

— Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) Source: "Locksley Hall", 1842. Wording checked on Wikiquote.

Why it matters

Tennyson imagined air travel in 1842.

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