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conditions has in this instance not simply
From what has been said, it will be seen that while the explosion of 95 lb. of gun cotton in actual contact last November simply crippled the Resistance, the explosion of a like charge at the same spot, and under approximately the same conditions, has in this instance not simply disabled, but really sunk the ship.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887 by Various

can hear it there is no sound
There is a theory that if a tree falls down in the middle of a forest and there is nobody around where they can hear it, there is no sound.
— from Warren Commission (02 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

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