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Alchemists
Powerful particulates precipitated in a pot
Colloidal clusters coalesced and aged
Hydrogels hardened and heated, filtered and formed
Notions nurtured for the needs of now
Less primitive perhaps than brothers passed
No need for magic, incantations, spells
But insight gathered from the past
And postulates proven by performance
While science smothers supplication
Humility and faith remain
Stones yield not gold nor life eternal
But catalysts for rich resources
-J. T. Richardson (October, 1982)
This book is dedicated to the memory of
Professor W. O. Milligan,
a brother passed, who taught me much about science,
supplication, and the way things are.