And that day the cultural god of science had shone a bit le… - Clifford D. Simak

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And that day the cultural god of science had shone a bit less brightly, had died a little in the people's minds.

Clifford D. Simak

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About Clifford D. Simak

Clifford Donald Simak (3 August 1904 – 25 April 1988) was an American science fiction writer, and a winner of several Hugo and Nebula awards.

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They would fail. We would always fail. We weren’t built to do anything but fail. We had the wrong kind of motives and we couldn’t change them. We had a built-in short-sightedness and an inherent selfishness and a self-concern that made it impossible to step out of the little human rut we traveled…

That was the way with Man; it had always been that way. He had carried terror with him. And the thing he was afraid of had always been himself.

The situation outlined is immaterial to us. We could help humanity, but there is no reason that we should. Humanity is a transient factor and is none of our concern.

And that day the cultural god of science had shone a bit less brightly, had died a little in the people's minds. - Clifford D. Simak

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