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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.
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