Now do you see my point?" "I'm beginning to see through a glass darkly. You mean that the mental make-up of a leading politician is likely to be such… - Fred Hoyle

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Now do you see my point?"
"I'm beginning to see through a glass darkly. You mean that the mental make-up of a leading politician is likely to be such that he couldn't dream it possible that anyone could find the prospect of becoming a dictator wholly unpalatable."
"Yes, I can see it all, Chris," Leicester grinned. "Graft everywhere, executions just for the laughs, no wife or daughter safe.

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About Fred Hoyle

Sir Fred Hoyle, FRS (June 24, 1915 – August 20, 2001) was a British astronomer and science fiction author.

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This may seem like insanity, and so it is. It offsets the real problems of modern life. How can an apparently insane species manage to organize itself in a civilized way? I am not so sure that it can. The big mystery is why we have managed to get so far.
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