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“What does history teach but that when empires are produced it is a race between fraud and innovation. The empire produces far and beyond what it did in the past and so arms and fingers of vanity grow rapidly and assume a prominent role while the necessary seeds for further development are done quietly, in back rooms and are easily snuffed out by the sheer power and energy of the frauds of empire.”
“Yes and the good, common people get a bit nutty and try to become something other than good and common.”
“Oh so true!”
“If only it produced more interesting novels. The fact it doesn’t proves that the novel is a withered form.”
“But it does make an impression this empire, does it not?”
“Resistance to it is very predictable. That sums up a good deal right there. A few know how to use the empire well, as a genuine resource, as a generous supply of heart and mind to the future. They know it has little purpose but that.”
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