November 8th, 2007

"And here let those
who boast in mortal thing, and wondr'ing tell
of Babel, and the works of Memphian kings,
Learn how their greatest monuments of fame,
And strength, and art, are easily outdone
By spirits reprobate, and in an hour,
What in an age they with incessant toil,
And hands innumberable, scarce perform."
- John Milton, "Paradise Lost" (Book I, 692-699)