the founding of a Romano-Saxon English kingdom that was meant to unite Europe, then the world;
the Chinese conquest of North America;
the defeat of the Romans in the Second Punic War;
four Exaltationist schemes to disrupt history;
Sherlock Holmes from deducing the existence of the Time Patrol -
- and he also ensured the emergence of science, liberty and the modern state.
Everard is not responsible for Cyrus the Great but did ensure that that Biblical/historical role was played by the man born to do so and not by a Time Patrolman dragooned into it.
So we have quite a lot to thank him for.
3 comments:
Hi, Paul!
True, we do own a lot to Manson Everard! But, like him, I have many doubts about the "modern state," in both its autocratic and "democratic" forms. I find it too rigidly centralized and prone to bureaucratic despotism. I lean more to decentralization, even to feudalism (see near the end of "No Truce With Kings" for what one character said about feudalism.
Sean
Sean,
I knew you would say that! Everard says it himself even while doing his duty as a Patrolman.
Paul.
Hi, Paul!
Because both Poul Anderson and I believe in "subsidiarity." And Everard did his duty as a Patrol agent both because he had sworn to and knew too well how unlikely the timelines he helped "delete" would lead to anything better.
Sean
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