# Quote — David Brin, Startide Rising

> Blatant idiocies had been tried by early men and women—foolishness that would never have been considered by species aware of the laws of nature. Desperate superstitions had bred during the savage centuries. Styles of government, intrigues, philosophies were tested with abandon. It was almost as if Orphan Earth had been a planetary laboratory, upon which a series of senseless and bizarre experiments were tried.

- Author: [David Brin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-brin.md)
- Book: [Startide Rising](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-brin/startide-rising.md)
- Page: 141
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/David_Brin#Startide_Rising_(1983)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-brin/startide-rising/blatant-idiocies-had

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> He wasn’t afraid of dying, only of having not done all he could, and not properly spitting in the eye of death when it came for him. That final gesture was important.

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