All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism.

In like manner did the Cold Brandy-and-Water Sheet waft me now to the “Cider-Cellar”—now to the “Coal-Hole”! I heard a thousand voices cry, “ Hot with ”—“ Cold without ”—and saw a multitude of men, spinning like dervishes about me—spinning with tubs of oysters !

About the middle of November we began to work on our Ship's bottom, which we found very much eaten with the Worm: For this is a horrid place for Worms.

I highly recommend Donna Kossy's Strange Creations for a very interesting summary of fringe views on the origins of human beings, including those which fed into Naziism and Bolschevism.