Explore "A Germ Destroyer" by Rudyard Kipling on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
Pleasant it is for the Little Tin Gods, / When great Jove nods; / But Little Tin Gods make their little mistakes / In missing the hour when great Jove wakes.
As a general rule, it is inexpedient to meddle with questions of State in a land where men are highly paid to work them out for you. This tale is a justifiable exception.