In Praise of the Timetable

If the timetable holds good, human laws hold good. Divine laws hold good, the laws of the universe hold good, everything holds good that ought to hold good. … The timetable is more significant than the gospel, more than Homer, more than the whole of Kant. Madame Helena, the timetable is the most perfect product of the human mind.

Hallemeier R.U.R. (1920) by Karel Čapek

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Context: Over brandy, a factory manager toasts the punctual arrival of the mail boat.

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