What folly takes light through ether to each eye from every horizon.
Patrick opens his arms about three feet wide and, with one finger pointing up on each hand, tries to show the scope of this thing. I notice that he doesn__ look at his hands as he does this, but at the wall behind me. It suddenly occurs to me that when people describe size this way, they__e relying on perspective to help them. He__ not saying __t__ this big._ He__ saying __t would look this big from here if it was over there.
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Patrick opens his arms about three feet wide and, with one finger pointing up on each hand, tries to show the scope of this thing. I notice that he doesn__ look at his hands as he does this, but at the wall behind me. It suddenly occurs to me that when people describe size this way, they__e relying on perspective to help them. He__ not saying __t__ this big._ He__ saying __t would look this big from here if it was over there.
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