It was the end of civilization, the end of all that men had striven for since the beginning of time. In the space of a few days, humanity had lost it… - Arthur C. Clarke

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It was the end of civilization, the end of all that men had striven for since the beginning of time. In the space of a few days, humanity had lost its future, for the heart of any race is destroyed, and its will to survive is utterly broken, when its children are taken from it.