If men lived 'like brothers' and had no powerful enemies
to contend with and surpass, they would rapidly lose all their best qualities;
like certain oceanic birds that lose the use of their wings, because they do not have to
fly from pursuing beasts of prey.
If all men had treated each other with brotherly love since
the beginning, what would have been the result now? If there had
been no wars, no rivalry, no competition, no kingship, no slavery,
no survival of the Toughest, no racial extermination, truly what a
festering 'hell fenced in' this old globe would be?
to contend with and surpass, they would rapidly lose all their best qualities;
like certain oceanic birds that lose the use of their wings, because they do not have to
fly from pursuing beasts of prey.
If all men had treated each other with brotherly love since
the beginning, what would have been the result now? If there had
been no wars, no rivalry, no competition, no kingship, no slavery,
no survival of the Toughest, no racial extermination, truly what a
festering 'hell fenced in' this old globe would be?
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