âThat,â replied Hardin, âis the interesting thing. The analysis was the most difficult of the three by all odds. When Holk, after two days of steady work, succeeded in eliminating meaningless statements, vague gibberish, useless qualificationsâin short, all the goo and dribbleâhe found he had nothing left. Everything canceled out. âLord Dorwin, gentlemen, in five days of discussion didnât say one damned thing, and said it so you never noticed. (Location 977)
The Spiritual Power, while sufficient to ward off attacks of the Temporal, is not sufficient to attack in turn. Because of the invariable growth of the counteracting force known as Regionalism, or Nationalism, the Spiritual Power cannot prevail. (Location 1952)