So when a man surrenders to the sound of music and lets its sweet, soft, mournful strains, which we have just described, be funnelled into his soul through his ears, and gives up all his time to the glamorous moanings of song, the effect at first on his energy and initiative of mind, if he has any, is to soften it as iron is softened in a furnace, and made workable instead of hard and unworkable: but if he persists and does not break the enchantment, the next stage is that it melts and runs, till the spirit has quite run out of him and his mental sinews (if I may so put it) are cut, and he has become what Homer calls "a feeble fighter".Plato
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The universe is a very large place. It is still vast even though we are able to travel to it. It covers billions of miles and is not easy to travel through. The universe has many different sizes and distances that are great.
When you think about it, the universe is really big. There are many stars that are much bigger than the sun. Even if you could travel to these stars, they would take years to reach, which would make the trip very long.
When people travel through the universe, they cannot see all of it at one time because there are so many things in between them and the sun. There are other planets in our solar system that are much farther away than the moon. These other planets are hard to reach because they are so far away from us.
These other planets would take thousands or millions of years for them to reach. The distance between the earth and other planets is also very large because of how far away they are from each other. The universe really does cover a lot of space, which makes it hard to travel through, but if you do not give up on traveling through it, you can go there by using your imagination and persistence, which will help you succeed in making the world a better place by sharing love with others.
Source: The Republic
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