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Chapter 11

           Theman-womanpolaritywhichcontrolledallhumanlivescouldnotexistonMars.Therewasnopossibilityof"marriage."Theadultswerehuge,remindingthefirsthumanstoseethemoficeboatsundersail;theywerephysicallypassive,mentallyactive.Thenymphswerefat,furryspheres,fullofbounceandmindlessenergy.TherewasnopossibleparallelbetweenhumanandMartianpsychologicalfoundations.Humanbipolaritywasboththebindingforceandthedrivingenergyforallhumanbehavior,fromsonnetstonuclearequations.Ifanybeingthinksthathumanpsychologistsexaggerateonthispoint,letitsearchTerranpatentoffices,libraries,andartgalleriesforcreationsofeunuchs.

           Mars,beinggearedunlikeEarth,paidlittleattentiontotheEnvoyandtheChampion.ThetwoeventshadhappenedtoorecentlytobeofsignificanceifMartianshadusednewspapers,oneeditionaTerrancenturywouldhavebeenample.ContactwithotherraceswasnothingnewtoMartians;ithadhappenedbefore,wouldhappenagain.Whenthenewotherracehadbeenthoroughlygrokked,then(inaTerranmillenniumorso)wouldbetimeforaction,ifneeded.

           OnMarsthecurrentlyimportanteventwasofadifferentsort.ThediscorporateOldOneshaddecidedalmostabsent-mindedlytosendthenestlinghumantogrokwhathecouldofthethirdplanet,thenturnedattentionbacktoseriousmatters.Shortlybefore,aroundthetimeoftheTerranCaesarAugustus,aMartianartisthadbeenengagedincomposingaworkofart.

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