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There Had Been A Popular Joke On Freedom, Started By A Man Named Calder. Looking Down From Space, He Had Said, The Dominant Life Forms On Earth Were Obviously The Cereals And Other Grasses. They Occupied All The Most Desirable And Fertile Land; And They Had Tamed Insects And Animals To Care For Them. In Particular, They Had Domesticated The Bipeds To Nurture And Cultivate Them And To Save And Plant Their Seed. Now, Watching The Farmers, Alex Could Easily Imagine That They Were Worshiping And Genuflecting Before Their Masters.

Anything You Don't Understand Is Dangerous Until You Do Understand It.

My Problem With New Writers Is That It Takes Me Five Or Six Years To Memorise The Right Names.

Any Damn Fool Can Predict The Past.

Psi And/or Magical Powers, If Real, Are Nearly Useless.