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sorry crew! Not because they drink water, but because the state of mind
which makes them dread alcohol is unpropitious to the hatching of any
generous idea. WHEN MEN HAVE WELL DRUNK. I like that phrase. WHEN MEN
HAVE WELL DRUNK. I am inclined to think that the Aramaic text has not
been tampered with at this point. What do you say, Heard?"
"Nothing is more improbable," replied the bishop. "And the water, you
perceive, was changed into wine; not into cocoa or lemonade. That
conveys, if I am not mistaken, rather a suggestive implication."
"I have been pursuing Seneca's letters. He was a cocoa-drinker,
masquerading as an ancient. An objectionable hypocrite! I wish people
would read Seneca instead of talking about him."
Van Koppen observed:
"What a man postulates is truer than what exists. I have grown grey in
trying to make my fellow-creatures understand that realities are less
convincing than make-believe."
"Given the proper atmosphere," said the bishop, laughing, "everything
becomes inevitable.
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