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The finds were of extreme interest to the Second Men, but not in the manner which the Siberian party had intended, not as a store of scientific and philosophic truth, but as a vivid historical document. The view of the universe which the tablets recorded was both too naïve and too artificial; but the insight which they afforded into the mind of the earlier species was invaluable.
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So might we ourselves look down into some rock-pool where lowly creatures repeat with naive zest dramas learned by their ancestors eons ago.
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It seemed that he gazed down on me from the height of his divinity with the aloof though passionate attention of an artist judging his finished work; calmly rejoicing in his achievement, but recognizing at last the irrevocable flaws in his initial conception, and already lusting for fresh creation.
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The aim was to provide that in boring occupations hours should be short, and in interesting work long. Exceptionally, some monotonous work involved rather long hours, but in such cases the workers were chosen from the psychological class who thrive best on monotonous occupations in which they can day-dream.
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In fact man's career has been less like a mountain torrent hurtling from rock to rock, than a great sluggish river, broken very seldom by rapids.
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Presently nothing was left in the whole cosmos but darkness and the dark whiffs of dust that once were galaxies.
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Great are the stars, and man is of no account of them.
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Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.
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Olaf Stapledon
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Born:
May 10, 1886
Died:
September 6, 1950
(aged 64)
Bio:
William Olaf Stapledon known as Olaf Stapledon was a British philosopher and author of influential works of science fiction. In 2014, he was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.
Known for:
Star Maker (1937)
Odd John (1935)
Sirius (1944)
Last Men in London (1932)
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