That motley drama - oh, be sure it shall not be forgot! With its Phantom chased for evermore by a crowd that siezed it not. Through a circle that ever returneth in to the same spot, and much of Madness, and more of sin,and horror the soul of the plot.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
Edgar Allan Poe
