We think we know what we are doing. We have always thought so.

It takes enormous effort to avoid all theories and just see.

God creates dinosaurs, God kills dinosaurs, God creates man, man kills God, man brings back dinosaurs.

Having wallowed in a delightful orgy of anti-French sentiment, having deplored and applauded the villains themselves, having relished the foibles of bankers, railwaymen, diplomats, and police, the public was now ready to see its faith restored in the basic soundness of banks, railroads, government, and police.

The minute we look, we cease being afraid.

Because the history of evolution is that life escapes all barriers. Life breaks free. Life expands to new territories. Painfully, perhaps even dangerously. But life finds a way.

In science, the old men are usually wrong. But in politics, the old men are wise, counsel caution, and in the end are often right.