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In 'the Plato Papers' I Wanted To Get Another Perspective On The Present Moment By Extrapolating Into The Distant Future. So In That Sense, There's A Definite Similarity Of Purpose Between A Book Set In The Future And A Book Set In The Past.

There Are Two Types Of People, You See. One Type Keep Their Heads Straight, And Look Around As They Walk. The Others Look Up - At The Tops Of Houses, At The Eaves And The Lintels And The Roofs, Which Can Tell You When They Were Built - And I've Always Done That.

There Is No Humiliation Worse Than The Consciousness Of A Wasted Life. It Stains The Spirit, Forestalls Hope, And Destroys Any Motive For Action Or Change.

I Have Liv'd Long Enough For Others, Like The Dog In The Wheel, And It Is Now The Season To Begin For Myself: I Cannot Change That Thing Call'd Time, But I Can Alter Its Posture And, As Boys Do Turn A Looking-glass Against The Sunne, So I Will Dazzle You All.

Bigotry Does Not Consort Easily With Free Trade.