Tao Te Ching

“Gibbon's design for this great work demanded a prelude of splendor and tranquility and he makes the most of it in the sunny review of Antonines with which he opens. But he was far too shrewd and subtle not to qualify his apparent approval of the conditions he describes.”

— H. G. Wells 1866 – 1946 CE via Shan Dao
A father of science fiction and One World Government apostle
from Outline of History