"You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilisation from barbarism. I tell you...
"You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilisation from barbarism. I tell you the division is a thread, a sheet of glass. A touch here, a push there, and you bring back the reign of Saturn." — John Buchan (1875-1940) "The Power-House," Blackwood's Magazine (December 1913)