Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition.

Any system which allows men to choose their own future will end by choosing safety and mediocrity, and in such a Reality the stars are out of reach.

Where the stars are scattered thinly,' quoted Barr, 'And the cold of space seeps in.

Hari Seldon called Trantor 'Star's End,' he whispered, 'and why not that bit of poetic imagery? All the universe was once guided from this rock; all the apron strings of the stars led here. 'All roads lead to Trantor,' says the old proverb, 'and that is where all stars end.