“ Some people want power to persecute other human beings; you expend your lust for power in persecuting words, twisting them, moulding them, torturing them to obey you. ”
Aldous Huxley, Crome Yellow (1921). copy citation
| Author | Aldous Huxley |
|---|---|
| Source | Crome Yellow |
| Topic | lust power |
| Date | 1921 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1999/1999-h/1999-h.htm |
Context
“He was sitting in limp discomfort at one end of the bench, shading his eyes from the intolerable light. Mr. Scogan, bolt upright at the other end, laughed again.
“Everybody wants power,” he said. “Power in some form or other. The sort of power you hanker for is literary power. Some people want power to persecute other human beings; you expend your lust for power in persecuting words, twisting them, moulding them, torturing them to obey you. But I divagate.”
“Do you?” asked Denis faintly.
“Yes,” Mr. Scogan continued, unheeding, “the time will come. We men of intelligence will learn to harness the insanities to the service of reason.”
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