Chaparral Serendipity

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Phoenix Source Distributors, Inc., 1993 - Fiction - 249 pages
 

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Page 56 - Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? Will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing ? Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him ? Shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all? Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?
Page 15 - I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book. And If anyone takes words away from this book of prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.
Page 15 - He who testifies to these things says, "Yes, I am coming soon. "Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God's people. Amen.
Page 176 - ... 4. Always preach true democracy but seize power as fast and as ruthlessly as possible. 5. By encouraging government extravagance, destroy its credit, produce fear of inflation with rising prices and general discontent. 6.
Page 217 - Because I don't think a mistake was made. It was a high-risk gamble, and it was a gamble that, as I've said, I believe the circumstances warranted. And I don't see that it has been a fiasco or a great failure of any kind.
Page 86 - WITHIN THE NEXT 5 TO 10 YEARS, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE POSSIBLE TO MAKE A NEW INFECTIVE MICROORGANISM WHICH COULD DIFFER IN CERTAIN IMPORTANT ASPECTS FROM ANY KNOWN DISEASE-CAUSING ORGANISMS. MOST IMPORTANT OF THESE IS THAT IT MIGHT BE REFRACTORY TO THE IMMUNOLOGICAL AND THERAPEUTIC PROCESSES UPON WHICH WE DEPEND TO MAINTAIN OUR RELATIVE FREEDOM FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Page 86 - Within the next 5 to 10 years it would probably be possible to make a new infective microorganism which could differ in certain important aspects from any known disease-causing organisms. Most important of these is that it might be refractory to the immunological and therapeutic processes upon which we depend to maintain our relative freedom from infectious disease.
Page 176 - Corrupt the young. Get them away from religion. Get them interested in sex. Make them superficial, destroy their ruggedness. "B. Get control of all means of publicity and thereby : "1. Get people's minds off their government by focusing their attention on athletics, sexy books and plays, and other trivialities. "2. Divide the people into hostile groups by constantly harping on controversial matters...
Page 176 - ... unnecessary strikes in vital industries, encourage civil disorders and foster a lenient and soft attitude on the part of government toward such disorders. "7. By specious arguments cause the breakdown of the old moral virtues: honesty, sobriety, continence, faith in the pledged word, ruggedness.
Page 86 - NAS-NRC in such controversial endeavor have led us to postpone it for the past 2 years. It is a highly controversial issue, and there are many who believe such research should not be undertaken lest it lead to yet another method of massive killing of large populations. On the other hand, without the sure scientific knowledge that such a weapon is possible, and an understanding of the ways it could be done, there is little that can be done to devise defensive measures. Should an enemy develop it there...

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