"Absolute authority will be delegated. Full responsibility will be assumed. Those who succeed will receive advancement and satisfaction of desire. Those who fail will die."
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All-Highest of Eddore, book 3, chapter 17.
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E. E. Smith
Edward Elmer "Doc" Smith Ph.D. (May 2, 1890 – August 31, 1965) was an influential early science fiction author, known best for his space opera series, Lensman and Skylark.
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