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Chapter 10

           HissnapopinionwasthatSmithwasbothlegallyinsaneandmedicallypsychopathicbyallnormalstandards,thevictimofadouble-barreledsituationalpsychosisofuniqueandmonumentalextent,firstfrombeingraisedbynon-humansandsecondfromhavingbeentranslatedsuddenlyintoasocietywhichwascompletelyalientohim.

           Neverthelessheregardedboththelegalnotionofsanityandthemedicalnotionofpsychosisasbeingirrelevanttothiscase.Herewasahumananimalwhohadmadeaprofoundandapparentlysuccessfuladjustmenttoanaliensociety?butasamalleableinfant.Couldthesamesubject,asanadultwithformedhabitsandcanalizedthinking,makeanotheradjustmentjustasradical,andmuchmoredifficultforanadulttomakethanforaninfant?Dr.Harshawintendedtofindout;itwasthefirsttimeindecadeshehadtakenrealinterestinthepracticeofmedicine.

           Besidesthat,hewastickledatthenotionofbalkingthepowers-that-be.HehadmorethanhisshareofthatstreakofanarchywhichwasthepoliticalbirthrightofeveryAmerican;pittinghimselfagainsttheplanetarygovernmentfinedhimwithsharperzestforlivingthanhehadfeltinageneration.

           

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