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| 34 | 112 | View more quotes about suppose">Suppose, rather, it was the world of a considerably different form of life, a mysterious, powerful form of life, about which we know little, that within its caves and dens, so to speak, quiescent until aroused, armed and wary, lurked beasts between whose paws worlds might be crushed". |
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| 34 | 109 | Either of these new worlds might be suitable for conquest, and colonization, obviously, but surely the lovelier world might be preferred". |
| 34 | 110 | "Doubtless," I said. |
| 34 | 111 | "But suppose," said Kurik, "that it was discovered that the lovelier world was not as innocent and vulnerable as had been conjectured. |
| 34 | 112 | Suppose, rather, it was the world of a considerably different form of life, a mysterious, powerful form of life, about which we know little, that within its caves and dens, so to speak, quiescent until aroused, armed and wary, lurked beasts between whose paws worlds might be crushed". |
| 34 | 113 | "I am afraid," I said. |
| 34 | 114 | "These latter beasts," he said, "of which I conjecture, are much like gods, content unto themselves, with little interest in the politics and vicissitudes of mundane matters, and certainly not those of other species. |
| 34 | 115 | Still, despite their passivity and aloofness, their singular lack of imperialism and aggression, they will protect the integrity of their habitat to the death". |