Sleep. Oh! how I loathe those little slices of death.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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The New York Times science section has a special issue devoted to sleep.
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Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Sure, sure, and they're not even big, impressive stones. But like any real estate agent will tell you, location is everything.
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Wasn't it Edgar Allan Poe who said that?