He was conscious only of the mightiest deed of man; the complete and almost contemptuously final conquest of a world. - Isaac Asimov

El ejército de África estaba formada en su mayor parte por bereberes, es decir, nativos del norte de África. La parte norte de África más cercana a España había sido llamada Mauritania en tiempos romanos, y sus habitantes eran llamados maurus. De aquí proviene la palabra española "moro".

There are always individuals who pit their minds against the general modes of thought and who are arrogant enough to feel that they alone are right and that the many are wrong.

Aimless extension of knowledge, however, which is what I think you really mean by the term curiosity, is merely inefficiency. I am designed to avoid inefficiency.