David George Taylor

Time and the Emperor David George Taylor

There would seem little to choose between the rapacity of man and the rapacity of wolves, though one must surely add that the wolf is rapacious by necessity, while man is rapacious by choice. Who has paused to consider which is the nobler breed? The languages of men seethe with undetected falsehoods; no "beast" or "vermin" existed before men called them such. Create a name and then believe it; there is no greater tool for self-elevation ...