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'Behold the man! ' -- ST. JOHN xix. 5. 'Behold the God! ' (Inscription on the monument of Francesco Sforza.)
'If the eagle can sustain himself in the rarest atmosphere, if great ships by sails can float across the waves, why cannot likewise Man, by means of powerful wings, make himself lord of the winds, and rise, the conqueror of space?'