"If you want a single proof of the essential—how shall I put it—benevolence of the Overlords, think of that… — Arthur C. Clarke
"If you want a single proof of the essential—how shall I put it—benevolence of the Overlords, think of that cruelty-to-animals order which they made within a month of their arrival. If I had had any doubts about Karellen before, that banished them!"
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