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Science Fiction Fan, v. 2, issue 8, March 1938

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8    FAN

persuade those people of the falsity of their opposition, because I concede them to be
of the type it is utterly impossible to convince in any way, but toward the guidance of other developing minds into paths not calculated to destroy their usefulness not only to Humanity but to themselves.
      Why, to continue, do they not only fail to see the need for change, but engages actively in fighting the placing of the change and problem
before the world of stf. 
     In a world of constant flux, it is difficult to conceive of a reasoning mind refusing to meet the consequences of progress, considering the
fact that the World does move. Inevitabilities cannot be evaded but must be faced with that degree of equanimity appropriate to the gravity of the situation. The great inevitability confronting us at all times is the inevitability of
the tendency of mankind to go ahead, to improve Itself, and with itself, the state of its surrounding environments. The might truth is that whether we like it or not (and it is perfectly clear that Speer and Shroyer do not like it) despite all the obstacles which the workings of natural law throws in its way, come hell or
high water, the race surges forward.
     There are among us, of course, those who for certain reasons (crystal clear to any philosopher basing his conclusions on materialism
and dialectics) tend to separate from the great mass movement and set themselves up in ivory towers there to pontificate endlessly on
the futility of the onward sweep.
     "Why all the turble-burly?" they shriek in chorus, to what end shall we thus strive? Are
you so insane as to want us to soil our lily-white feet on the posteriors of the whole human race?"
      "Away with change and strife and turbulence!" They scream again, lifting the shrill falsehoods of their impotency against the gathering storm.

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8 FAN persuade those people of the falsity of their opposition, because I concede them to be of the type it is utterly impossible to convince in any way, but toward the guidance of other developing minds into paths not calculated to destroy their usefulness not only to Humanity but to themselves. Why, to continue, do they not only fail to see the need for change, but engages actively in fighting the placing of the change and problem before the world of stf. In a world of constant flux, it is difficult to conceive of a reasoning mind refusing to meet the consequences of progress, considering the fact that the World does move. Inevitabilities cannot be evaded but must be faced with that degree of equanimity appropriate to the gravity of the situation. The great inevitability confronting us at all times is the inevitability of the tendency of mankind to go ahead, to improve Itself, and with itself, the state of its surrounding environments. The might truth is that whether we like it or not (and it is perfectly clear that Speer and Shroyer do not like it) despite all the obstacles which the workings of natural law throws in its way, come hell or high water, the race surges forward. There are among us, of course, those who for certain reasons (crystal clear to any philosopher basing his conclusions on materialism and dialectics) tend to separate from the great mass movement and set themselves up in ivory towers there to pontificate endlessly on the futility of the onward sweep. "Why all the turble-burly?" they shriek in chorus, to what end shall we thus strive? Are you so insane as to want us to soil our lily-white feet on the posteriors of the whole human race?" "Away with change and strife and turbulence!" They scream again, lifting the shrill falsehoods of their impotency against the gathering storm.