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"That is different. They do impinge on my activities."
"Are the peculiar hobbies of their votaries distasteful to you?"
"Not at all. Their hobbies do not clash with mine. To feel righteous,
or to feel sinful, is quite an innocent form of self-indulgence--"
"Innocent self-indulgence? Dear me! You seem to be taking morality by
the throat for a change. Is that your conception of sin? How should
Moses have come to inscribe some particular form of wrong-doing into
his Code, if it had not proved harmful to the community at large?"
His friend paused before replying. He took out another cigar, bit off
its end, and lighted it. Then he sent a few fragrant whiffs over the
sea. At last he said:
"Moses! I have a clear portrait of Moses in my mind; a clear and
favourable portrait. I imagine him gentle, wise, and tolerant. Picture
to yourself such a man. He is drawing up a preliminary list of the more
noteworthy forms of misconduct, with a view to submitting it for Divine
approval, to be welded later into the so-called Ten Commandments.


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