“I cannot pry into motives. I only know of the existence of great extra-social intelligences. Let us say that they distrust the machine.”

— John Buchan , book The Power-House

Source: The Power-House (1916), Ch. 3 "Tells of a Midsummer Night"
Context: I cannot pry into motives. I only know of the existence of great extra-social intelligences. Let us say that they distrust the machine. They may be idealists and desire to make a new world, or they may simply be artists, loving for its own sake the pursuit of truth. If I were to hazard a guess, I should say that it took both types to bring about results, for the second find the knowledge and the first the will to use it.

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British politician 1875–1940

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