Gentlemen, four-fifths of the earth's surface is covered by seas; that is unquestionably too much; the world's surface, the map of oceans and dry lan… - Karel Čapek

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Gentlemen, four-fifths of the earth's surface is covered by seas; that is unquestionably too much; the world's surface, the map of oceans and dry land, must be corrected. We shall give the world the workforce of the sea, gentlemen. This will no longer be the style of Captain van Toch; we shall replace the adventure story of pearls by the hymnic paean of labour.

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About Karel Čapek

Karel Čapek (January 9, 1890 – December 25, 1938) was a Czech author and playwright, who introduced and made popular the word robot as a word for artificial human beings, which first appeared in his play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) in 1920.

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Alternative Names: Karel Capek
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O Adam, Adam! no longer will you have to earn your bread by the sweat of your brow; you will return to Paradise where you were nourished by the hand of God. You will be free and supreme; you will have no other task, no other work, no other cares than to perfect your own being. You will be the master of creation.

Když mám v ruce nějaký mizerný výrobek, nějaké takové chatrné šmízo špatně udělané ze špatné hmoty, špatně sloužící a záhy končící špatně jako všechny špatné věci, myslím si, jak teskno a pusto musilo býti dělníkovi, kterému bylo uloženo takovou věc udělat. Byl špatně placen a špatně naladěn; nepískal si při práci, nýbrž bručel a nadával, neříkal své práci práce, nýbrž zatracená dřina, nezašpásoval si při ní, ale odbýval ji, jak jen to šlo, a když padla, praštil svými nástroji a šel, ani se neohlédl; a ještě doma cítil cosi jako útlak, nevolnictví a celou nespravedlivost světa.

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Everyone has the best of feelings towards mankind in general, but not towards the individual man. We'll kill men, but we want to save mankind. And that isn't right, your Reverence. The world will be an evil place as long as people don't believe in other people.

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