“Things severed shall be united and shall acquire of themselves such virtue that they shall restore to men their lost memory. That is the papyrus sheets, which are formed out of several strips and preserve the memory of the thoughts and deeds of men.”

—  Leonardo Da Vinci

The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (1938), XLV Prophecies

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