There are only two forces that can carry light to all the corners of t…

Mark Twain
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There are only two forces that can carry light to all the corners of the globe... the sun in the heavens and the Associated Press down here. ✨ Mark Twain (2013). Autobiography of Mark Twain, p.274, Univ of California Press
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