"If Pandora hadn't opened the box, somebody else would have." "There was never any hope it could remain sealed for ever?" "Not really." [...] "You see, Hope was one of the Spites imprisoned in the box." My companion frowned. "Why did Hope have to be shut away?" "Because it always lied. And, true to form, after its release, it deceived mankind into believing the other Spites could be overcome. They couldn't, of course, but thinking they could at least made them seem bearable."