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unleashes an unending     \_        ~ |      /          \  ~'; -,_.   for
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conquests, one       \,Inca  /         \    / /|             ,-, ,   -,
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religion against     ,|   ,/            \ ,/               \       |
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attempts are made    |  ,-' Though Islam and Catholicism both    ~    /
to formulate ethics  / ,' revere a Jewish revolutionary, executed 2000
in words.            ',| years ago for claiming *all* are equally beloved
                       ~of god, and that *only the homeless are blameless*
                  ...still everyone interprets these doctrines differently.

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Maybe the universe originated 10-20 billion years ago, in a Big Bang.

A one-line scale model of the Solar System:
(1 character-width = 12 million miles)

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This is meant to be read slowly, each screen an object of contemplation.
My intent was to simplify without losing perspective, while maintaining
depth and avoiding cliches.  Lots of the ideas should b...
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                 An Ascii-Art History of Humanity
                  by Jorn Barger         v 1.01
                   jorn@mcs.com        3 May 1997