musaphamondcheckedhim“buhemanifesshimselfindifferenwaysodifferenmeninpremodernimeshemanifesedhimselfashebeingha’sdescribedinhesebooksnow…”

“howdoeshemanifeshimselfnow？”askedhesavage

“well，hemanifesshimselfasanabsence；ashoughheweren’hereaall”

“ha’syourfaul”

“callihefaulofcivilizaiongodisn’compaiblewihmachineryandscienificmedicineanduniversalhappinessyoumusmakeyourchoiceourcivilizaionhaschosenmachineryandmedicineandhappinessha’swhyihaveokeephesebookslockedupinhesafehey’resmupeoplewouldbeshockedi…”

hesavageinerrupedhim“buisn’inauralofeelhere’sagod？”

“youmighaswellaskifi’snauralodoupone’srouserswihzippers，”saidheconrollersarcasically“youremindmeofanoherofhoseoldfellowscalledbradleyhedefinedphilosophyashefindingofbadreasonforwhaonebelievesbyinsincasifonebelievedanyhingbyinsinc！onebelieveshingsbecauseonehasbeencondiionedobelievehemfindingbadreasonsforwhaonebelievesforoherbadreasons–ha’sphilosophypeoplebelieveingodbecausehey’vebeencondiionedo”

“buallhesame，”insisedhesavage，“iisnauralobelieveingodwhenyou’realone–quiealone，inhenigh，hinkingaboudeah…”

“bupeopleneverarealonenow，”saidmusaphamond“wemakehemhaesoliude；andwearrangeheirlivessohai’salmosimpossibleforhemeverohavei”

hesavagenoddedgloomilyamalpaishehadsufferedbecauseheyhadshuhimoufromhecommunalaciviiesofhepueblo，incivilizedlondonhewassufferingbecausehecouldneverescapefromhosecommunalaciviies，neverbequielyalone

“doyourememberhabiinkinglear？”saidhesavageas“‘hegodsarejusandofourpleasanvicesmakeinsrumensopgueus；hedarkandviciouspcewhereheehegocoshimhiseyes，’andedmundanswers–youremember，he’swounded，he’sdying–‘houhasspokenrigh；isruehewheelhascomefullcircle；iamhere’whaabouhanow？doesn’hereseemobeagodmanaginghings，punishing，rewarding？”

“well，doeshere？”quesionedheconrollerinhisurn“youcanindulgeinanynumberofpleasanviceswihafreemarinandrunnorisksofhavingyoureyespuoubyyourson’smisress‘hewheelhascomefullcircle；iamhere’buwherewouldedmundbenowadays？siinginapneumaicchair，wihhisarmroundagirl’swais，suckingawayahissexhormonechewinggumandlookingahefeelieshegodsarejusnodoubbuheircodeofwisdicaed，inhesresor，byhepeoplewhoorganizesociey；providenceakesiscuefrommen”

“areyousure？”askedhesavage“areyouquiesurehaheedmundinhapneumaicchairhasn’beenjusasheavilypunishedasheedmundwho’swoundedandbleedingodeah？hegodsarejushaven’heyusedhispleasanvicesasaninsrumenodegradehim？”

“degradehimfromwhaposiion？asahappy，hardworking，goodsconsumingciizenhe’sperfecofcourse，ifyouchoosesomeohersandardhanours，henperhapsyoumighsayhewasdegradedbuyou’vegoosickooneseofposuesyoucan’pyelecromagicgolfaccordingoherulesofcenrifugalbumblepuppy”

“buvaluedwellsnoinparicurwill，”saidhesavage“iholdshisesimaeanddigniyaswellwherein’ispreciousofiselfasinheprizer”

“come，come，”proesedmusaphamond，“ha’sgoingraherfar，isn’i？”

“ifyouallowedyourselvesohinkofgod，youwouldn’allowyourselvesobedegradedbypleasanvicesyou’dhaveareasonforbearinghingspaienly，fordoinghingswihcouragei’veseeniwihheindians”

“i’msureyouhave，”saidmusaphamond“buhenwearen’indianshereisn’anyneedforacivilizedmanobearanyhingha’sseriouslyunpleasanandasfordoinghings–fordforbidhaheshouldgeheideainohisheadiwouldupsehewholesocialorderifmensareddoinghingsonheirown”

“whaabouselfdenial，hen？ifyouhadagod，you’dhaveareasonforselfdenial”

“buindusrialcivilizaionisonlypossiblewhenhere’snoselfdenialselfindulgenceupoheverylimisimposedbyhygieneandeconomicsoherwisehewheelssopurning”

“you’dhaveareasonforchasiy！”saidhesavage，blushingalileashespokehewords

“buchasiymeanspassion，chasiymeansneurasheniaandpassionandneurasheniameaninsabiliyandinsabiliymeansheendofcivilizaionyoucan’haveasingcivilizaionwihouplenyofpleasanvices”

“bugod’shereasonforeveryhingnobleandfineandheroicifyouhadagod…”