EN: number
FR: nombre
ZH: 数目 (shùmù)
JA: 番号 (bangō)
IT: numero
DE: Anzahl
ES: número
RU: но́мер (nómer)
EO: nombro

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12. Difficult to keep track of time here…

And so the weeks and months went by, though it was difficult to keep track of time here. The man gleaned a wealth of disparate information, insignificant details, scattered knowledge. Here, as everywhere else, great divisions reigned. Everyone was attached to their own knowledge, culture, power and language, and made it a point of honor to share them only in exceptional circumstances. Here, as elsewhere, for the frog at the bottom of the well, the sky was the limit.

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06. The most varied cottons and silks…

Everything that could be thought, said or done, took on body and soul here. The most varied cottons and silks were spun, all kinds of metals were hammered, ancient melodies were sung, meaning was encrusted in alabaster sonnets, and imaginary constructions of form and spirit were erected. The City, as men had firmly established its reputation, was a place of enchantment. And the stay glided along. Without obstacle.

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