"There is no soundlessness such as the silence far under the earth. There is no dark such as that absolute blackness where there is complete absence of light." (from "Under the Hanging Wall," by Louis L'Amour)
Anyone who has been into an underground cave knows this to be true. When I was a teenager, one of our older cousins took several of us boys to a cave in northwest Arkansas. Once we were deep beneath the earth, he had us turn off our lights and be quiet for a few seconds. It was very impressive.
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