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<p>151.213.195.169: </p> <hr /> <div>An unfortunate whose role, in uncounted millions of variations of [[Roundworld]], was to ultimately hinder the ability of the human race to get off-planet before the snowballs started to hit. <br /> <br /> Whether the unwitting patsy of [[Elves]], {{SOD2}}, or of [[Auditors]] ({{SOD3}}), Nightingale's role in the scheme of things was to be just good enough in the absence of a better man (Shakespeare or Darwin) for the human race to signally fail to be inspired by a genuinely creative scientific or artistic talent, thus indirectly reaching the pinnacle of its ability in the form of space lifts and interstellar convoys. <br /> <br /> Given Nightingale's prosaic plays, in lieu of Shakespeare, or Nightingale's representation of a familar idea, almost but not quite Darwin's, the human race shrugs and stays stupefied in the face of coming calamity. <br /> <br /> It is possible Nightingale's grasp of science and of language makes him a spiritual brother of [[Creosote]] the epic poet...<br /> <br /> [[Category:Discworld characters]]<br /> [[Category:Human characters]]</div>

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