Yet there was also an undercurrent of approval, reminiscent of a teacher astutely ignoring the bully in the class who keeps trying to disrupt proceedings.
It would serve political tranquillity, both by accrediting the truly apt candidates for office and by creating citizenry astutely able to assert its liberty against any government's tendency to encroach.
He believed that contemporary technology was sufficient, if only slightly developed and astutely applied, to bring about an earthly paradise of effortless plenty within a matter of a few years.
