[The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad]@TWC D-Link bookThe Secret Agent CHAPTER II 53/71
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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