Technological advance is an inherently iterative process. One does
not simply take sand from the beach and produce a Dataprobe. We
use crude tools to fashion better tools, and then our better tools to
fashion more precise tools, and so on. Each minor refinement is a
step in the process, and all of the steps must be taken.

For I am death. And I am not the end - I am a beginning.

I have witnessed dar too much, and you have given me too little. Finally, I can see.

The statues were praying – gazing into the dark domed ceiling.

If history is to change, let it change. If the world is to be destroyed, so be it. If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh.