Of all these examples, the simplest but the most profound is the fact that it takes at least two somethings to create a difference.
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If we pursue this matter further, we shall be told that the stable object is unchanging under the impact or stress of some particular external or internal variable or, perhaps, that it resists the passage of time.
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