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In our century it was 1917 in Russia. And in China. Then the well runs dry, because, as you say, the cruelty and the ugliness are too strong. Then the well fills slowly again. And then there's another painful lurch forward. [...] because every time the dream gets stronger. If people can imagine something, there'll come a time when they'll achieve it. [...] goodness. Kindness. The end of being animals.