AtD p. 80

[Lary Wallace]

Alchemy and dagguerotype photography compared. Wonderful: 

"Lately Merle had been visited by a strange feeling that 'photography' and 'alchemy' were just two ways of getting at the same thing--redeeming light from the inertia of precious metals."

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