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Chapter 11

           Thelivesoftheadultswerenotentirelyfreeofworkinthehumansense;theyhadstillaplanettotakecareofandsupervise,plantsmustbetoldwhenandwheretogrow,nymphswhohadpassedtheir‘prenticeshipsbysurvivingmustbegatheredin,cherished,fertilized,theresultanteggsmustbecherishedandcontemplatedtoencouragethemtoripenproperly,thefulfillednymphsmustbepersuadedtogiveupchildishthingsandthenmetamorphosedintoadults.Allthesethingsmustbedonebuttheywerenomorethe"life"ofMarsthaniswalkingthedogtwiceadaythe"life"ofamanwhocontrolsaplanet-widecorporationinthehoursbetweenthosepleasantwalks?eventhoughtoabeingfromArcturusIIIthosedailywalksmightseemtobethetycoon’smostsignificantactivitynodoubtasaslavetothedog.

           Martiansandhumanswerebothself-awarelifeformsbuttheyhadgoneinvastlydifferentdirections.Allhumanbehavior,allhumanmotivations,allman’shopesandfears,wereheavilycoloredandlargelycontrolledbymankind’stragicandoddlybeautifulpatternofreproduction.ThesamewastrueofMars,butinmirrorcorollary.Marshadtheefficientbipolarpatternsocommoninthatgalaxy,buttheMartianshaditinaformsodifferentfromtheTerranformthatitwouldhavebeentermed"sex"onlybyabiologist,anditemphaticallywouldnothavebeen"sex"toahumanpsychiatrist.Martiannymphswerefemale,alltheadultsweremale.

           Butineachcaseinfunctiononly,notinpsychology.

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