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"I am the prince who decides the destiny of rolling rivers. I keep on the straight and narrow path the righteous who follow Enlil's counsel." – Anzud, in Lugalbanda and the Anzud Bird, Ur III Period (21st century BCE).
"The Hindus do not pay particular attention to alchemy, but no nation is entirely free from it, and one nation has more bias for it than another, which must not be construed as proving intelligence or ignorance; for we find that many intelligent people are entirely given to alchemy, whilst ignorant people ridicule the art and its adepts." – Alberuni, quoted from Lal, K. S. (1992)
"These are not fables. You will touch with your hands, you will see with your own eyes, the Azoth…
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