Darkness and the light (1941/42)
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*The aim was to provide that in boring occupations hours should be short, and in interesting work long. Exceptionally, some monotonous work involved rather long hours, but in such cases the workers were chosen from the psychological class who thrive best on monotonous occupations in which they can day-dream.
*The aim was to provide that in boring occupations hours should be short, and in interesting work long. Exceptionally, some monotonous work involved rather long hours, but in such cases the workers were chosen from the psychological class who thrive best on monotonous occupations in which they can day-dream.
** Part VIII Precarious Advance, 3. Progress
** Part VIII Precarious Advance, 3. Progress
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===[[w:Sirius (novel)|Sirius]] (1944) ===
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<small>[http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/s/stapledon/olaf/sirius/index.html Full text online]</small>
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*In man, social intercourse has centred mainly on the process of absorbing fluid into the organism, but in the domestic dog and to a lesser extent among all wild canine species, the act charged with most social significance is the excretion of fluid.
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**Chapter VIII Sirius at Cambridge (a passage supposedly written by Sirius)
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*I paced up and down the little room, a queer thing happened. It was as though my wandering imagination came upon a new quality, different from all that I had ever known; yet one which was also more familiar and intimate than the smell of Plaxy in the mood of love, more piercing sweet than bitches, more hunt-worthy than the trail of a fox.
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**Chapter IX Sirius and Religion
== Quotes about Stapledon ==
== Quotes about Stapledon ==