Irreversibility
388. Irreversibility
- crossing the Rubicon Caesar passes point of no return into Italy. [Rom. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 941]
- Humpty Dumpty all the King’s men failed to reassemble him. [Nuns. Rhyme: Mother Goose, 40]
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