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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 July 2016
In the year 414 before Christ a play was produced in Athens in which Aristophanes described how the birds who wished to build a free city in the air beat off the legislators who came to offer their services. Commenting on this event in an article published 17 years ago, I suggested that, if Aristophanes could look at the situation in the air at that momentand see in what way the legislators had prevented the birds of that dayfrom unfolding their wings, he would have prided himself on his foresight.
In view of the official position of the writer, it should be noted that the views expressed in this paper are his personal views for which he alone is responsible