If All Power Corrupts, Then

All These Problems [deciding Cases] Are Easier For People Who Believe In God. Those Of Us Who Don't Or Can't Have To Do The Best We Can. That's What The Law Is, The Best We Can Do. Human Justice Is Imperfect, But It's The Only Justice We Have.

Of The Four Billion Life Forms Which Have Existed On This Planet, Three Billion, Nine Hundred And Sixty Million Are Now Extinct. We Don't Know Why. Some By Wanton Extinction, Some Through Natural Catastrophe, Some Destroyed By Meteorites And Asteroids. In The Light Of These Mass Extinctions It Really Does Seem Unreasonable To Suppose That Homo Sapiens Should Be Exempt. Our Species Will Have Been One Of The Shortest-lived Of All, A Mere Blink, You May Say, In The Eye Of Time.

Metaphysical Speculation Is About As Pointless As A Discussion On The Meaning Of One's Lungs. They're For Breathing.

If All Power Corrupts, Then A Doctor, Who Literally Holds Life And Death In His Hands, Must Be At Particular Risk.

It Was One Of Those Perfect English Autumnal Days Which Occur More Frequently In Memory Than In Life.