Not that any simple principle exists, and not that I couldn't be wrong. But it seems to me-well, that which we are, our society or culture or what you want to name it, has a life and a right of its own. (Poul Anderson)

Not that any simple principle exists, and not that I couldn't be wrong. But it seems to me-well, that which we are, our society or culture or what you want to name it, has a life and a right of its own.

Poul Anderson

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