Time Enough at Last

academia noun [ U ] UK /ˌæk.əˈdiː.mi.ə/ US /ˌæk.əˈdiː.mi.ə/ the part of society, especially universities, that is connected with studying and thinking, or the activity or job of studying "he spent his working life in academia" The hours, the days, the years; they passed like seconds. A philomath they called him. Or at least they would if they knew the meaning of the word. He did. He knew a great many words. A great many things. Engrossed in his insatiable pursuit of knowledge, he drank from a wellspring that would never run dry in his lifetime. Yet amidst the floating motes of dust that he moved through with nary a nudge... Amidst the soft susurration of the crinkling pages... Amidst the infinite mountains of knowledge before him... Infinity unfolded. Time. Enough. At last.