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"When I was a child, I often tried to catch the moon as it created a silhouette on some wall or water surface. As a growing teenager of romantic inclination and poetic vision, I would frequently make use of it as a backdrop when walking home a girl friend from a date or as a prelude to one proposal of mine or another. In my early years of being a parent, the moon featured regularly in my interaction with my growing children through the bedtime stories I used to tell them. Now that I'm in my senior years and can see the rapid advancement of science and technology, I know that during the lifetimes of my grandchildren, it will become possible for them to physically touch the moon. For myself though, I will have to die content knowing that I was able to frame it and use its majestic mystery to fashion my lifetime's purpose with the immense satisfaction that it has given me. If I come back again, I shall most definitely return as an avid student in Astronomy." William Forde: February 11th, 2014.