How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
And yet the Memorabilia was to go with the ship! Was it a curse?... Discede, Seductor informis! It was no curse, this knowledge, unless perverted by Man, as fire had been, this night… (26.60)
Although never realized, there's a hope in this passage that a balance can be struck between religion and scientific knowledge. Like fire, the knowledge of the Memorabilia is a tool: one that can either burn or enlighten.