“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear.

Fear is the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind.

Horror and the unknown or the strange are always closely connected so that it is hard to create a convincing picture of shattered natural law or cosmic alienage or 'outsideness' without laying stress on the emotion of fear.