“Creation.… It is its own nemesis. Success is temporary, and idolization will not make the ephemeral permanent. Decay is implicit in the birth of any organism. An empire is an organism.”

—  Jack Williamson , book Star Bridge

Source: Star Bridge (1955), “The History,” prelude to Chapter 18, “War” (p. 237)

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