It was worth killing a civilization to prevent the government of human beings falling into the hands of—he supposed they were called the civilized. What sort of a world would that be? a world full of preserved objects labelled ‘Not to be touched’; no religious faith, but a lot of Gregorian chants and picturesque ceremonies. Miraculous images which bled or waggled their heads on certain days would be preserved for their quaintness: superstition was interesting. There would be excellent libraries, but no new books. He preferred the distrust, the barbarity, the betrayals … even the chaos. The
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