This is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless, Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done, Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the themes thou lovest best. Night, sleep, and the stars. Walt Whitman from Leaves of Grass
←Chapter Eight June 4, 1773: Margaret, my grandfather, Walker, and several others were murdered yesterday. Somehow the other side knows that Dorothy was not the hybrid, and the war has begun again. All my grandfather’s notes and journals from the last twenty years were burned along with his body. Victoria and the other Counsel members, which now include me and Margaret’s great-granddaughter, Mary, must move again to protect ourselves from
When you come to me, unbidden, Beckoning me To long-ago rooms, Where memories lie. Offering me, as to a child, an attic, Gatherings of days too few. Baubles of stolen kisses. Trinkets of borrowed loves. Trunks of secret words, I cry. by Maya Angelou
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The railgun, a weapon long relegated to science fiction novels, will finally be battlefield reality, thanks to the United States Navy. After years of extensive testing, this advanced weapon system will be deployed for sea trials, according to Rear Admiral Matthew Klunder, Chief of Naval Research. USNS Millinocket, set to begin trials in 2016, will be the first vessel ever fitted with this new gun, and it will be faster,
