In a poem prefiguring a third science fiction novel, which was never written, Bogdanov expresses the views of 'A Martian Stranded On Earth' about our world:-

The harmony of life is outside their ken. 
Though their souls swarm with hazy ideas, 

The inherited past is lord of these men; 
It has ruled them for so many years. 

Their infantile babble and rapacious desires
 Veil all but a rare flash or spark 

Of other dreams and passions that vaguely aspire
 To a culture that glimmers afar.