I had learned, after all, to trust neither religion nor politics and to put my faith in the realities of… — Michael Moorcock
I had learned, after all, to trust neither religion nor politics and to put my faith in the realities of metal, wood and steam, in practical engineering, whose rules could neither be changed nor made the subject of morality, so why should I show reverence for mere antiquity?
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