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Meaning of P.R.S. Aes Triplex in Heinlein's Space Cadet
This is a reference to Horace, Ode 1.3:
Illi robur et aes triplex circa pectus erat
qui fragilem truci commisit pelago ratem primus
My Latin is rusty, but basically "the first man to sail ...
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