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Evolution’s logical, unlike religion. Even the Church will agree with that. You have to take religion on faith and you can’t test it by common sense.

— Lester del Rey The Eleventh Commandment (1962)

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Stupidity, greed, misdirected aggression—or sum it up and call it man.

The Eleventh Commandment (1962)

The present molders of the code seemed to have a clear knowledge of just how difficult to make something, to add to its fascination, without making it impossible.

The Eleventh Commandment (1962)

“You really are a pig,” she decided coldly.
“You’ve got your snout in the trough here too,” he reminded her.

The Eleventh Commandment (1962)

He was sure there must be some catch. Every principle here had an opposite, and both were wrong.

The Eleventh Commandment (1962)

He walked on in silence for a while, thinking of all that he had seen. And the sum of his thought was a sickness against the whole hypocritical system that was despoiling an incredibly rich planet.

The Eleventh Commandment (1962)

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