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In one of the books he learned that the most important text in the literature of alchemy contained only a few lines, and had been inscribed on the surface of an emerald. … Well, then, why do we need all these books? The boy asked. So that we can understand those few lines, the Englishman answered.

Reader-256 The Alchemist · August 23, 2024 Save to shelf
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