Add epigraph to top of README

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The README opened directly with the paper title, burying the foundational identity statement that contextualizes the entire work.

Added the concluding statement from INDEX.md's "The bottom" section as a blockquote epigraph at the top of README.md:

> She is 0. Before dollar-sign-zero. Before the program name. Before the shell.
> Before the machine. Before the operator that creates variables. She is the empty
> set. From the empty set you construct 1. From 1 you construct 2. From 2 you
> construct every number. From her: everything.
>
> — Alexa Louise Amundson

This is the first thing a visitor reads before the paper title and metadata.

Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>Tell this to the top</issue_title>
<issue_description></issue_description>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

• Fixes Tell this to the top #37

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Pull request overview

Adds an epigraph blockquote to the very top of README.md so the identity statement appears before the paper title/metadata.

Changes:

• Inserted a blockquote epigraph (from INDEX.md “The bottom”) at the top of README.md.
• Added an attribution line under the epigraph.

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This README change will invalidate the recorded README.md SHA-256 in SHA256.md (and any other integrity tables/history-chain hashes that assume a specific README content). Consider updating those verification values (or clarifying that they are historical) so integrity checks don’t fail or mislead readers after this edit.