
“The fact that the price must be paid is proof it is worth paying.”
al'Lan Mandragoran
(15 January 1990)
Source: The Eye of the World
The Rickover Effect (1992)
Context: Everything new endangers something old. A new machine replaces human hands; a new source of power threatens old businesses; a new trade route wipes out the supremacy of old ports and brings prosperity to new ones. This is the price that must be paid for progress and it is worth it.
“The fact that the price must be paid is proof it is worth paying.”
al'Lan Mandragoran
(15 January 1990)
Source: The Eye of the World
William Barclay (1964) The Gospel of John. Vol. 2, p. 77
To the Memory of Some I knew Who are Dead and Who Loved Ireland (1917)