"Iamque opus exegi, quod nec Iovis ira nec ignis nec poterit ferrum nec edax abolere vetustas."
— Time

January 1, 1970

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Now I have done my work. It will endure, I trust, beyond Jove's anger, fire and sword, Beyond Time's hunger. — Ovid, Metamorphoses (Transformations), Book XV, lines 871–872 (trans. R. Humphries)