Narration: And he went on in this vein, racking his brains for an answer.
Narration: But none came, so he put all his civilizations away in a drawer and went to bed.
Narration: The next morning he said to himself:
Trurl says: “This must be by far the most difficult problem in the entire universe if I—I, Trurl—am unable to come up with a solution to it!
Trurl says: Reason, it would seem, is altogether incompatible with Happiness, as the case of the Contemplator amply demonstrates
Trurl says: I refuse to accept such a possibility, that some malicious, diabolical Law of Nature lies in wait
Trurl says: only to make it a source of torment instead of a pledge of earthly joy!
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