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Puzzle 7 - Quotation

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Close up of an article in The Times including a quotation by Alan Turing
A close up of the article "Calculus to Sonnet" in The Times in 1949 - © Times Copyright 2021

The quotation used

This is only a foretaste of what is to come and only the shadow of what is going to be

is from an interview with Alan Turing as part of an article in the Times on 11 June 1949.

The subheading in the newspaper is Calculus to Sonnet.

That is the title of the sonnet below, as indicated acrostically.

The second verse is also a clue to a 10 letter word.

On a rich red background with small bombe rotors and Turings notes, there is the following sonnet
Computers are ubiquitous today
And many are the roles that they can take.
Logistical conundrums they can break.
Composing odes they sort of do okay.
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