But neither infinite power nor infinite wisdom could bestow godhood upon men. For that there would have to be infinite love as well.

To minimize suffering and to maximize security were natural and proper ends of society and Caesar. But then they became the only ends, somehow, and the only basis of law - a perversion. Inevitably, then, in seeking only them, we found only their opposites: maximum suffering and minimum security.

Soon the sun will set'- is that prophecy? No, it's merely an assertion of faith in the consistency of events.

For no change comes calmly over the world.

The captain looked defensive. "You regard our customs as primitive?"Every society to its own tastes, captain. The wisdom of one society would be folly for another. Who is qualified to judge? Only the universe, which passes the judgment of survival on all peoples.

That's where all of us are standing now, he thought. On the fat kindling of past sins.

It is said that water is for cattle and farmers, that milk is for children and blood for men.