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  "thread": {
    "id": 8,
    "subject": "comments on \"azoth\"",
    "messages": 1,
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    "first": "1996-12-06T14:32:26+00:00",
    "last": "1996-12-06T14:32:26+00:00"
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  "messages": [
    {
      "message_id": "<whorl-v0001-0008@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Peter Cash",
        "address": "cash at convex.convex.com"
      },
      "date": "1996-12-06T14:32:26+00:00",
      "subject": "(whorl) comments on \"azoth\"",
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          "text": "Ranjit Bhatnagar <ranjit at best.com>"
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          "kind": "quote",
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          "text": "Azoth -- an alchemical term for mercury.  My best guess is that it's a\npunning reference to Terminus Est, Severian's sword in the New Sun\nbooks.  (Master Gurloes translated \"terminus est\" as \"this is the line\nof division,\" but I like to imagine Arnold Schwartzeneger translating\nit as \"I am the Terminator.\"  Anyway, the azoth is certainly a line of\ndivision.)"
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          "kind": "text",
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          "text": "I always preferred to translate \"Terminus Est\" as \"It is finished\". And\nwhen that sword gets through with you, it is definetely all over! 8^)\n\nIn addition to \"mercury\", my dictionary (the huge Merriam-Webster) also\ngives \"the universal remedy of Paracelsus\" as a meaning for \"azoth\". If\nyou think about it, the azoth was a pretty drastic remedy, just like\nTerminus Est! And yes, I want one!"
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          "depth": 0,
          "text": "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n                 Die Welt ist alles, was Zerfall ist.   \n                  (apologies to Ludwig Wittgenstein)    \n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n\nQuestions or problems to whorl-owner at lists.best.com"
        }
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