B1117 <=> B1119 [BTG XLIII Beelzebub’s opinion of war, p. 1118]

“Yes, my dear Hassein. . .

“Certainly there is something not quite right here.

“But if nothing could be done for the beings of that planet by that Being who now already has the Reason of the sacred ‘Podkoolad’ and is one of the first assistants of our ENDLESSNESS in the government of the World, namely, the Very Saintly Ashiata Shiemash – if He could do nothing, what then can we expect, we, beings with the Reason of almost ordinary beings?

“You remember the Very Saintly Ashiata Shiemash, then in his deliberations, under the title ‘The Terror of the Situation’ said:

“’If it is still possible to save the beings of the Earth, then Time alone can do it.’

“We can now only repeat the same in regard to this terrible property of theirs, of which we have just been speaking, namely, their periodic processes of the destruction of each other’s existence.

“We can only say now, that if this property of terrestrial beings is to disappear from that unfortunate planet, then it will be with Time alone, thanks either to the guidance of a certain Being with very high Reason or to certain exceptional cosmic events.”

Having said this, Beelzebub again began to look at Hassein with that same strange look.