We
were supposed to have reached a stage of civilization in which it might
still be necessary to execute a criminal, but not to gloat, or to hang
his wife and child by him while the orc-crowd hooted.
The destruction of Germany, be it 100 times merited, is one of the most appalling world-catastrophes. Well, well,—you and I can do nothing about it.
And that should be a measure of the amount of guilt that can justly be assumed to attach to any member of a country who is not a member of its actual Government.
Well the first War of the Machines seems to be drawing to its final inconclusive chapter—leaving, alas, everyone the poorer, many bereaved or maimed and millions dead, and only one thing triumphant: the Machines.
- J. R. R. Tolkien
The destruction of Germany, be it 100 times merited, is one of the most appalling world-catastrophes. Well, well,—you and I can do nothing about it.
And that should be a measure of the amount of guilt that can justly be assumed to attach to any member of a country who is not a member of its actual Government.
Well the first War of the Machines seems to be drawing to its final inconclusive chapter—leaving, alas, everyone the poorer, many bereaved or maimed and millions dead, and only one thing triumphant: the Machines.
- J. R. R. Tolkien
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