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The Secret Agent

CHAPTER II
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To that last they can always say: 'Oh! it's mere class hate.' But what is one to say to an act of destructive ferocity so absurd as to be incomprehensible, inexplicable, almost unthinkable; in fact, mad?
Madness alone is truly terrifying, inasmuch as you cannot placate it either by threats, persuasion, or bribes.
Moreover, I am a civilised man.

I would never dream of directing you to organise a mere butchery, even if I expected the best results from it.
But I wouldn't expect from a butchery the result I want.

Murder is always with us.

It is almost an institution.

The demonstration must be against learning--science.


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