"Daisy had learned not to pay much heed to techno-fads. To her fell the task of preserving as much as possible, so that when humanity finally did fall, it wouldn’t take everything else to the grave with it."

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“Alas, criticism has always been what human beings, especially leaders, most hate to hear.”

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