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           "Spaceflightwasn’tpracticallessthanacenturyago.Gobackinthefilesandseewhatyourowncolleaguessaidaboutit–oh,sayabout1940.TheseJupiterproposalsare,atbest,nofartherthandrawingboard–buttheengineersworkingonthemarequiteserious.Theythinkthat,byusingallthatwe’velearnedfromdeepoceanexploration,plusequippingmenwithpoweredsuitsinwhichtofloat,itshouldbepossibletoputhumanbeingsonJupiter.Anddon’tthinkforamomentthattheMartiansareanylesscleverthanweare.Youshouldseetheircities."

           "Uh-"saidCaxton."Okay,I’llshutup.Istilldon’tseewhytheywouldbother."

           "Captain?"

           "Yes,Jubal?"

           "Iseeanotherobjection–aculturalone.Youknowtheroughdivisionofculturesinto‘Apollonian’and‘Dionysian.’"

           "Iknowingeneralwhatyoumean."

           "Well,itseemstomethateventheZuniculturewouldbecalled‘Dionysian’onMars.Ofcourse,you’vebeenthereandIhaven’t–butI’vebeentalkingsteadilywithMike.ThatboywasraisedinanextremelyApollonianculture–andsuchculturesarenotaggressive."

           "Mmm?Iseeyourpoint–butIwouldn’tcountonit."

           Mahmoudsaidsuddenly,"Skipper,there’sstrongevidencetosupportJubal’sconclusion.Youcananalyseaculturefromitslanguage,everytime–andthereisn’tanyMartianwordfor‘war.’"Hestoppedandlookedpuzzled."Atleast,Idon’tthinkthereis.Noranywordfor‘weapon’norfor‘fighting.