This man who understands the vast complexity of logarithms and who has formulas for light and heat, for logic and hydraulics, and for stress and strain—this same man can divide so poorly there is want amid abundance; he can build a city overnight, yet there are shelterless; he understands the meaning of the spectrum of a star, yet not the meaningless of the color of a skin.

“Descent of the Gods” radio play (published version) from the book “More by Corwin” (1944)