"Robert F. Young - Pithecanthropus Astralis" - читать интересную книгу автора (Young Robert F)

about that part of it which he does live in.
"But it was not because of these things alone that I had Blazer killed.
"Consider. Any pursuit not related to the fulfilling of the three functions of life would cause men to
think they have a fourth, or even a fifth, function. This is especially true of the pursuit Blazer had in mind.
Such a pursuit would be disastrous. It would cause men to lose track of what they are—which is
nothing—and to bestow upon themselves qualities which they do not possess. They would then be
forced to pretend to be something which they are not, and this pretense would influence all their
decisions. Worse, it would be like a pall of smoke hovering continually before their eyes, and they would
be unable to solve the simplest of problems because they would be incapable of seeing the problem for
what it really was. Only when men can see themselves for what they are can they discern the truth.
"There will be other men like Blazer. They, too, must be destroyed. If they are not destroyed, then
they will destroy us.
"So let the stars continue to be what they have always been—lights in the sky that the Master of the
Mountain installed there to light the way for his Mistress-mother the Moon. And let us pray nightly to
both Master and Mistress that the hunting will be good and that our bellies will not go empty and that
there will always be children to carry on our ways. For this is all we know, and all we need to know, and
all we want to know.