We realized that among us, among all the races, we had a staggering fund of knowledge and of techniques - that working together, by putting together … - Clifford D. Simak

Скромното удовлетворение на работника от една работа, свършена достатъчно добре, за да бъде приета от неговите другари като честно усилие, е всичко, което би могъл да иска.

His mind went back to that strange business of the spiritual force and the even stranger machine which had been built eons ago, by means of which the galactic people were able to establish contact with the force. There was a name for that machine, but there was no word in the English language which closely approximated it. "Talisman" was the closest, but Talisman was too crude a word. Although that had been the word that Ulysses had used when, some years ago, they had talked of it.

Delectable,” Ulysses said. “Of all the drinks that I have drank on all the planets I have visited, the coffee is the best.