The spirit of Anton Leeuwenhoek told me how to make a perfect lens from a diamond of one hundred forty carats.

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I wanted to make a powerful lens that would let me see even the smallest parts of life.

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The first time I looked through its magic lens, the clouds that surrounded my daily life rolled away.

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The lens in my expensive microscope was still not strong enough to answer my questions about life.

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Such a lens would permit me to see life in the smallest parts of its development.

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I lay awake nights,wishing to find the perfect lens - an instrument of great magnifying power.

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I lay awake nights, wishing to find the perfect lens an instrument of great magnifying power.

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For three months after Simon's death, I worked day and night on my diamond lens.

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I turned on a strong light under the glass and looked through the diamond lens.

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She gave me some important information that will help me find the perfect lens.

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On the same evening that the spirit of Leeuwenhoek tells me the secret of the perfect lens, I find the diamond I need to create it.

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Carefully,I moved the lens of my microscope closer to the drop of water.

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I was sure that a powerful lens like that could be built.

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Now,here is Maurice Joyce with part one of "The Diamond Lens."

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Here is Maurice Joyce with part two of "The Diamond Lens."

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My mind was as broken as the diamond lens.

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But I know the truth of the diamond lens.

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From that stone you can form the perfect lens."

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I rushed again to look through the lens.

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"How can I create the perfect lens?"

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