The Passage: A Novel (Book One of The Passage Trilogy)
Justin Cronin
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"Think he'll sign?" Doyle asked.
Wolgast rattled the ice in his Scotch. "They always do."
"I supposed it's not much of a choice." Doyle frowned into his glass. "The needle, or whatever's behind curtain number two. But even so."
Wolgast knew what Doyle was thinking: whatever was behind the curtain, it was nothing good. Why else would they need death row inmates, men with nothing to lose?
"Even so," he agreed.
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Errand of Mercy [ Star Trek: The Original Series television episode ]
Original Airdate: Mar 23, 1967
AYELBORNE: If you will excuse us, Captain, we will discuss your kind offer.
Captain KIRK: Certainly.
(The doors open on their own and Spock enters. He and Kirk whisper in a corner.)
SPOCK: Captain, our information on these people and their culture was not correct. This is not a primitive society making progress toward mechanisation. They are totally stagnant. There is no evidence of any progress as far back as my tricorder can register.
KIRK: That doesn't seem likely.
SPOCK: Nevertheless, it is true. For tens of thousands of years, there has been absolutely no advancement, no significant change in their physical environment. This is a laboratory specimen of an arrested culture.
KIRK: Thank you, Mister Spock. That might be useful.
AYELBORNE: We have discussed your offer, Captain. Our opinion is unchanged. We are in no danger. We thank you for your kind offer of assistance, although we must decline it, and we strongly recommend that you leave Organia before you yourselves are endangered.
KIRK: Gentlemen, I must get you to reconsider. We can be of immense help to you. In addition to military aid, we can send you specialists, technicians. We can show you how to feed a thousand people where one was fed before. We can help you build schools, educate the young in the latest technological and scientific skills. Your public facilities are almost non-existent. We can help you remake your world, end disease, hunger, hardship. All we ask in return is that you let us help you. Now.
AYELBORNE: Captain, I can see that you do not understand us.
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