It was said that God, in order to test mankind which had become swelled with pride as in the time of Noah, had commanded the wise men of that age, among them the Blessed Leibowitz, to devise great engines of war such as had never before been upon the Earth, weapons of such might that they contained the very fires of hell, and that God had suffered these magi to place the weapons in the hands of princes, and to say to each prince: 'only because thine enemies have such a thing have we devised this for thee, in order that they may know that thou hast it also, and fear to strike.'
    But the princes, putting the words of their wise men to naught, thought each to himself: 'if i but strike quickly enough, and in secret, i shall destroy those others in their sleep, and there shall be none to fight back; the earth shall be mine.'
    "such was the folly of princes, and there followed the flame deluge..."
"A Canticle For Leibowitz"

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