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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch
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To: abuelita who wrote (5406)8/29/2002 6:43:59 PM
From: Mannie  Read Replies (2) of 89467
 
Yep, Rosie I know exactly what you are referring to. We humans just recently popped in for a spot of tea.

"The duration of the historic period of mankind, 5000 years, is but a small fraction of the prehistoric
period. If we could compress man's age on earth into one single day of 12 hours, this literary period
would begin at about 11:53 PM, the Crusades would have been fought about 1 minute 44 seconds
ago, and America discovered about 55 seconds ago. But man's existence is in turn out of all proportion
to the history of the earth itself. If the earth's age could be compressed into one single year, the first
eight months would be completely devoid of life; mammals would not make their appearance until the
second week of December; man would make his debut on December 31 at 11:45 PM, writing would
have been invented less than a minute ago, Christ would have been born 22 seconds ago, and America
discovered six seconds ago."

From The Near East in History by Philip Hitti, published by D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
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