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\swˈɑːv mˈaɹi mˈaɡnə͡ʊ], \swˈɑːv mˈaɹi mˈaɡnəʊ], \s_w_ˈɑː_v m_ˈa_ɹ_i m_ˈa_ɡ_n_əʊ]\
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[L.] The first words of the opening of the second book of the Latin poet Lucretius, De Rerum Nalura ; of which this is the general sense. "It is a delightful thing, while the great sea rages, to watch from the land another struggling with the waves : not because this is in itself a delight : yet it is a delight to watch calamities from which you feel yourself safe. So to look on a battle from some safe point of view. But nothing is more delightful than, from some serene stronghold of knowledge, to look down upon the wanderings and errors of other men, and their efforts after mere wealth and power, rather than knowledge and a quiet mind."
By Henry Percy Smith
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Platidiam
- An inorganic water-soluble platinum complex. After undergoing hydrolysis, it reacts DNA produce both intra interstrand crosslinks. These crosslinks appear to impair replication and transcription of DNA. The cytotoxicity cisplatin correlates with cellular arrest in G2 phase cell cycle.