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When fear is too terrible, when reality is too agonizing, we seek escape in manufactured danger, in the thrills and pleasures of pretending, in the amusement parks of our unamusing world. Here in frantic pretending we find escape and temporary peace, and go home tired enough to sleep a short, deep sleep. But what happens when night comes, when pretending ends and reality begins?

The greatness of evil lies in its awful accuracy. Without that deadly talent for being in the right place at the right time evil must suffer defeat. For unlike its opposite, good, evil is allowed no human failings, no miscalculations. Evil must be perfect, or depend upon the imperfections of others.

The wealth of a nation, of a world, consists in the number of superior beings that it harbours. And often it seems that these beings are too different, too dreaming, and often because they are driven by powers and dreams strange to us, they are driven away by us. But are they really so different? Are they not, after all, held by the same things that hold us: by strong love and soft hands?

There are many things up there - evil and hungry, awesome and splendid. And gentle things too, merciful things, like rain.

In our conquest of space, our own moon must be the first to surrender. From there we will step our way accross the heavens to the edge of infinity. The steps we take accross the universe are as uncertain as the steps we take accross the rooms of our own lives. And yet if we walk with an open mind, these steps must lead us to that most perfect of all destinations: truth.

The eternal never-ceasing search for knowledge often leads to dark and dangerous places. Sometimes it demands risks not only of those who are searching, but of others who love them. These, in their own special way, know that knowledge is never wasted. Nor is love.