Space, like time, gives birth to forgetfulness, but does so by removing an individual from all relationships and placing him in a free and pristine s… - Thomas Mann

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Space, like time, gives birth to forgetfulness, but does so by removing an individual from all relationships and placing him in a free and pristine state — indeed, in but a moment it can turn a pedant and philistine into something like a vagabond. Time, they say, is water from the river Lethe, but alien air is a similar drink; and if its effects are less profound, it works all the more quickly.