"High up in the North in the land called Svithjod, there stands a rock. It is one hundred miles high and one hundred wide. Once every thousand years a little bird comes to this rock to sharpen its beak. When the rock has thus been worn away, then a single day of eternity will have gone by."
Books:
The Arts
The Life and Times of Rembrandt van Rijn
The Story of Mankind (1922 Newbery Award)
Van Loon's Lives
thanks to:
http://home.rmci.net/art-zee/newweb/rem8d.html
http://www.mala.bc.ca/~mcneil/cit/citlceras.htm
http://www.magicdragon.com/UltimateSF/authorsUV.html
http://www.agca.com/agca/gbook/guestbook.html
http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/PA_Env-Her/rachel.htm
http://home.netcarrier.com/~conover/Subjects/Time.html
www.amazon.com