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'Beware of first- hand ideas!' exclaimed one of the most advanced of them. 'First-hand ideas do not really exist. They are but the physical impressions produced by love and fear, and on this gross foundation who could erect a philosophy? Let your ideas be second-hand, and if possible tenth-hand, for then they will be far removed from that disturbing element – direct observation.

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Michael Gothard in The Machine Stops
15 May 2023 at 15:51 | Open on merveilles.town
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berry

@neauoire
'It is contrary to the spirit of the age,' she asserted.

'Do you mean by that, contrary to the Machine?'

15 May 2023 at 16:18 | Open on merveilles.town
berry

@neauoire Man is the measure. That was my first lesson. Man's feet are the measure for distance, his hands are the measure for ownership, his body is the measure for all that is lovable and desirable and strong.

15 May 2023 at 16:27 | Open on merveilles.town
berry

@neauoire No one confessed the Machine was out of hand. Year by year it was served with increased efficiency and decreased intelligence. The better a man knew his own duties upon it, the less he understood the duties of his neighbour, and in all the world there was not one who understood the monster as a whole.

15 May 2023 at 20:26 | Open on merveilles.town
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