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Saurus (Classics of Science Fiction) Saurus by Eden Phillpotts
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“You are but a tiny cluster upon the vines of heaven, where the grapes are worlds; yet you hold the power to ripen your bitter berries and add to the eternal vintage of cosmic sweetness if so you will.”
Eden Phillpotts, Saurus
“To make the State your god is to worship an idol, for the State is a man-made creation arising naturally out of tribal communion; but the soul, if such there be, is a god-made miracle and above all national or patriotic standards â€� the supreme and eternal reality.”
Eden Phillpotts, Saurus
“Nine-nine of every hundred among you probably desire peace, while the balance may hold war a condition to be preferred; but what can be the mental norm of statesmanship where such a minority conquer the peace-lovers?”
Eden Phillpotts, Saurus
“If it were but known that the combined might of the world was against aggression, the war-minded could only seek his salvation in peace, perceiving that further ostentatious preparations for war were idle.”
Eden Phillpotts, Saurus
“Why are you all wasting human labour and the world’s wealth in building machinery to commit mass murder â€� creatures that for half a million years and more have been endowed with reason â€� conscious beings who discovered a better way long centuries ago?”
Eden Phillpotts, Saurus
“A Socialist State demands precisely the same human symbols as that of Fascist or Nazi, and the same surrender of human liberties if it is to succeed.”
Eden Phillpotts, Saurus
“You are a cruel and lying species. You have not kept faith with evolution; you have not kept faith with yourselves; you have not kept faith with your own prophets and seers.”
Eden Phillpotts, Saurus