И проиграли бой

           "Thenyoudon’tthinkthecauseisgood?"

           Burtonsighed."Yousee?We’regoingtopileuponthatoldrockagain.That’swhyIdon’tliketotalkveryoften.Listentome,Mac.Mysensesaren’tabovereproach,butthey’reallIhave.Iwanttoseethewholepicture—asnearlyasIcan.Idon’twanttoputontheblindersof‘good’and‘bad,’andlimitmyvision.IfIusedtheterm‘good’onathingI’dlosemylicensetoinspectit,becausetheremightbebadinit.Don’tyousee?Iwanttobeabletolookatthewholething."

           Macbrokeinheatedly,"Howaboutsocialinjustice?Theprofitsystem?Youhavetosaythey’rebad."

           Dr.Burtonthrewbackhisheadandlookedatthesky."Mac,"hesaid."Lookatthephysiologicalinjustice,theinjusticeoftetanus,theinjusticeofsyphilis,thegangstermethodsofamoebicdysentery—that’smyfield.

           "Revolutionandcommunismwillcuresocialinjustice."

           "Yes,anddisinfectionandprophylaxiswillpreventtheothers."

           "It’sdifferent,though;menaredoingone,andgermsaredoingtheother."

           "Ican’tseemuchdifference,Mac."

           "Well,damnit,Doc,there’slockjaweveryplace.YoucanfindsyphilisinParkAvenue.Whydoyouhangaroundwithusifyouaren’tforus?"

           "Iwanttosee,"Burtonsaid."Whenyoucutyourfinger,andstreptococcigetinthewound,there’saswellingandasoreness.Thatswellingisthefightyourbodyputsup,thepainisthebattle.Youcan’ttellwhichoneisgoingtowin,butthewoundisthefirstbattleground.Ifthecellslosethefirstfightthestreptococciinvade,andthefightgoesonupthearm.