self-assurance and animal egotism? Our class egotism, our race egotism, our State egotism and our personal egotism? What if he transforms the whole world into a galactic concentration camp? What I want to know is – do you believe in the evolution of kindness, morality, mercy? Is man capable of evolving in that way?’ He gave Chepyzhin a rueful look. ‘Forgive me for throwing a question like that at you. It seems even more abstract than the equations we were just talking about.’ ‘No,’ said Chepyzhin. ‘It’s not so very abstract. It’s a question that’s had a very real effect on my life. I took a
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