"“Nobody in the government,” said Edwards stubbornly, “seems to care whether we reach the bottom of the matter or not.” “I’ve already explained that there have been no consequences but good ones. Why stir the mud at the bottom, when the water above is clear?”"
Isaac Asimov

January 1, 1970

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The Tercentenary Incident (p. 625)

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