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- p1
- "The human race, to which so many of my readers belong, has been playing at
- children's games from the beginning, and will probably do it till the end,
- which is a nuisance for the few people who grow up. And one of the games which
- it is most attached is called, "Keep tomorrow dark," and which is also named
- (by the rustics in Shropshire, I have no doubt) "Cheat the Prophet." The
- players listen very carefully and respectfully to all that the clever men have
- to say about what is to happen in the next generation. The players then wait
- until all the clever men are dead, and bury them nicely. Then they go and do
- something else. That is all. For a race of simple tastes, however, it is
- great fun."
-
- -- G.K. Chesterton
- p0
- ...You are now In The Pit...
-