Quotes from Out of Time's Abyss — Edgar Rice Burroughs
1875–1950 United States
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Thus Bradley reasoned—thus most of us reason; not by what might be possible; but by what has fallen within the range of our experience.
Out of Time's Abyss (1918)
This was a new menace that threatened them, something that they couldn’t explain; and so, naturally, it aroused within them superstitious fear.
Out of Time's Abyss (1918)
Past experience suggested that the great wings were a part of some ingenious mechanical device, for the limitations of the human mind, which is always loath to accept aught beyond its own little experience, would not permit him to entertain the idea that the creatures might be naturally winged and at the same time of human origin.
Out of Time's Abyss (1918)
All my life I have been kicked and cuffed by such as that, and yet always have I gone out when they commanded, singing, to give up my life if need be to keep them in power. Only lately have I come to know what a fool I have been. But now I am no longer a fool, and besides, I am avenged.
Out of Time's Abyss (1918)