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Chapter 11

           Bywhatstandardsshouldthisopusbejudged?Itbridgedfromthecorporatetothediscorporate;itsfinalformhadbeensetthroughoutbyanOldOneyetontheotherhandtheartist,withthedetachmentofallartistseverywhere,hadnotevennoticedthechangeinhisstatusandhadcontinuedtoworkasifhewerecorporate.Wasitpossiblyanewsortofart?Couldmoresuchpiecesbeproducedbysurprisediscorporationofartistswhiletheywereworking?TheOldOneshadbeendiscussingtheexcitingpossibilitiesinruminativerapportforcenturiesandallcorporateMartianswereeagerlyawaitingtheirverdict.

           Thequestionwasofgreaterinterestbecauseithadnotbeenabstractart,butreligious(intheTerransense)andstronglyemotionalitdescribedthecontactbetweentheMartianRaceandthepeopleofthefifthplanet,aneventthathadhappenedlongagobutwhichwasaliveandimportanttoMartiansinthesenseinwhichonedeathbycrucifixionremainedaliveandimportanttohumansaftertwoTerranmillennia.TheMartianRacehadencounteredthepeopleofthefifthplanet,grokkedthemcompletely,andinduecoursehadtakenaction;theasteroidruinswereallthatremained,savethattheMartianscontinuedtocherishandpraisethepeopletheyhaddestroyed.Thisnewworkofartwasoneofmanyattemptstogrokallpartsofthewholebeautifulexperienceinallitscomplexityinoneopus.Butbeforeitcouldbejudgeditwasnecessarytogrokhowtojudgeit.

           Itwasaveryprettyproblem.

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