Quotes by Olaf Stapledon, Last and First Men

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There is much in this vision that will remind you of your mystics; yet between them and us there is far more difference — Olaf Stapledon, Last and First Men
For the former, activity, any kind of activity, was an end in itself; for the latter, activity was but a progress toward — Olaf Stapledon, Last and First Men
The older Puritans had trampled down all fleshly impulses; these newer Puritans trampled no less self-righteously upon t — Olaf Stapledon, Last and First Men
They were a remarkable company, each one of them a unique person, yet characterized to some extent by his particular nat — Olaf Stapledon, Last and First Men
Is the beauty of the Whole really enhanced by our agony? And is the Whole really beautiful? And what is beauty? Througho — Olaf Stapledon, Last and First Men
The future needed service, not pity, not piety; but in the past lay darkness, confusion, waste, and all the cramped prim — Olaf Stapledon, Last and First Men
We have no government and no laws, if by law is meant a stereotyped convention supported by force, and not to be altered — Olaf Stapledon, Last and First Men
Conceive a world-society developed materially far beyond the wildest dreams of America. Unlimited power, derived partly — Olaf Stapledon, Last and First Men
But in spite of this material prosperity he was a slave. His work and his leisure consisted of feverish activity, punctu — Olaf Stapledon, Last and First Men