The whole business lay ringed with mystery, with improbabilities, but also with certainty of total destruction if we failed. There might be total des… - Jack Cady

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The whole business lay ringed with mystery, with improbabilities, but also with certainty of total destruction if we failed. There might be total destruction if we succeeded, but that was someone else’s problem. We could only set the standard, write our last will and testament through action, and hope someone could still read deeply enough to raise arms against the encroaching night.