A Brachiosaurus towers over visitors and their jeeps in a green meadow beside a lake.

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Hammond

Dr. Grant, my dear Dr. Sattler... welcome to Jurassic Park.

— Jurassic Park ‧ 1993

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Hammond speaks as a delighted host at the exact moment his guests’ understanding of the possible changes. The modest shape of a welcome makes the impossible spectacle feel like somewhere they have simply arrived.

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Hammond welcomes Grant and Sattler after their first sight of a living Brachiosaurus on Isla Nublar. Their arrival opens onto a meadow and lake populated by dinosaurs. The greeting gives a name to an achievement the visitors are still struggling to absorb.

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