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Chapter 18

           "Yes.‘Foxeshaveholesandthebirdsoftheairhavenests.’Andnobodyunderstandsapropertylineandthe‘meus-et-tuus’involvedbetterthanawatchdog.ButnotMartians.Unlessyouregardanundistributedjointownershipofeverythingbyafewmillionsorbillionsofseniorcitizens‘ghosts’toyou,myfriendasbeing‘property.’"

           "Say,Jubal,howaboutthese‘OldOnes’Miketalksabout?"

           "Doyouwanttheofficialversion?Ormyprivateopinion?"

           "Huh?Yourprivateopinion.Whatyoureallythink."

           "Thenkeepittoyourself.Ithinkitisalotofpiouspoppycock,suitableforenrichinglawns.Ithinkitisasuperstitionburnedintotheboy’sbrainatsoearlyanagethathestandsnochanceofeverbreakingloosefromit."

           "Jilltalksasifshebelievedit."

           "AtallothertimesyouwillhearmetalkasifIbelievedit,too.Ordinarypoliteness.Oneofmymostvaluedfriendsbelievesinastrology;IwouldneveroffendherbytellingherwhatIthinkofit.Thecapacityofahumanmindtobelievedevoutlyinwhatseemstometobethehighlyimprobablefromtabletappingtothesuperiorityoftheirownchildrenhasneverbeenplumbed.Faithstrikesmeasintellectuallaziness,butIdon’targuewithitespeciallyasIamrarelyinapositiontoprovethatitismistaken.Negativeproofisusuallyimpossible.Mike’sfaithinhis‘OldOnes’issurelynomoreirrationalthanaconvictionthatthedynamicsoftheuniversecanbesetasidethroughprayersforrain.

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