John Wyndham. The Cuckoos Of Midwich (№ 236700)

The spirit is the life force; it is not static, it either develops or atrophies. We can say, the evolution of the spirit assumes the appearance of surguja. Now suppose that this great spirit, this sverdup, trying to get on stage. Where to dwell? An ordinary man is not fit to be his vessel; the Superman who could be it does not exist. So could he in the absence of a suitable single container to create a group of them - how was created the encyclopedia, becoming too voluminous for a single volume...