He realized suddenly that it was one thing to see the past occupying the present, but the true test of prescience was to — Frank Herbert, Dune
He realized suddenly that it was one thing to see the past occupying the present, but the true test of prescience was to — Frank Herbert, Dune
He realized suddenly that it was one thing to see the past occupying the present, but the true test of prescience was to — Frank Herbert, Dune
He realized suddenly that it was one thing to see the past occupying the present, but the true test of prescience was to — Frank Herbert, Dune
He realized suddenly that it was one thing to see the past occupying the present, but the true test of prescience was to — Frank Herbert, Dune
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He realized suddenly that it was one thing to see the past occupying the present, but the true test of prescience was to see the past in the future. Things persisted in not being what they seemed.

— Frank Herbert, Dune
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