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  • . . . Moon-Watcher felt the first faint twinges of a new and potent emotion. It was a vague and diffuse sense of envy--of dissatisfaction with his life. He had no idea of its cause, still less of its cure; but discontent had come into his soul, and he had taken one small step toward humanity.

    Arthur C. Clarke (2012). “2001: A Space Odyssey”, p.34, RosettaBooks