the eleventh vision

[sleepyseer]

These past few days, I've found myself spending a great deal of time in the library. Uther had one of the finest collection of books in all of Albion, but his library is not nearly as extensive as the one here. Hardly surprising, I suppose.

In Historical Essays and Studies, Lord Acton wrote: "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts

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Even where politics are concerned, I don't think that's anything that ought to or can be taken as fact. The people I have known or do know who qualify under some type of greatness are not bad. They aren't perfect, but no one is.

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[sleepyseer]

Where do you draw the line between "bad" and simply "not perfect"?

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Me personally or is that a general question---a general 'you'?

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[sleepyseer]

Are you qualified to speak in general?

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A line between imperfection and immovable ill intent, that is something that everyone draws in a different place---however slight the difference---and wider or thinner, but that's sort of the point.

You decide for yourself---as a general rule, I believe.

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[sleepyseer]

How do you know you've decided correctly?