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No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinise the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. With infinite comp ...more
Opening lines:
No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinise the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. With infinite comp ...more
It is always interesting to read books that look to the future some 60 or more years after they were written. Sometimes the view is too optimistic; more often, thankfully, the view is too extreme. But overall some things seem to be a constant.
One of these things is man's relation to someone or something that is different. Now and then this is a protection, but it also allows for meanness and prejudicial actions. The other is how easily people are led and how easily they can convince themselves o ...more
One of these things is man's relation to someone or something that is different. Now and then this is a protection, but it also allows for meanness and prejudicial actions. The other is how easily people are led and how easily they can convince themselves o ...more
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