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Chapter 36

           WhenNortonwanderedintotheintricaciesofKant,KreisremindedhimthatallgoodlittleGermanphilosophieswhentheydiedwenttoOxford. AlittlelaterNortonremindedthemofHamilton’sLawofParsimony,theapplicationofwhichtheyimmediatelyclaimedforeveryreasoningprocessoftheirs. AndMartinhuggedhiskneesandexultedinitall. ButNortonwasnoSpencerian,andhe,too,stroveforMartin’sphilosophicsoul,talkingasmuchathimastohistwoopponents. 

           "YouknowBerkeleyhasneverbeenanswered,"hesaid,lookingdirectlyatMartin. "HerbertSpencercamethenearest,whichwasnotverynear. EventhestanchestofSpencer’sfollowerswillnotgofarther. IwasreadinganessayofSaleeby’stheotherday,andthebestSaleebycouldsaywasthatHerbertSpencernearlysucceededinansweringBerkeley." 

           "YouknowwhatHumesaid?"Hamiltonasked. Nortonnodded,butHamiltongaveitforthebenefitoftherest. "HesaidthatBerkeley’sargumentsadmitofnoanswerandproducenoconviction." 

           "Inhis,Hume’s,mind,"wasthereply. "AndHume’smindwasthesameasyours,withthisdifference:hewaswiseenoughtoadmittherewasnoansweringBerkeley." 

           Nortonwassensitiveandexcitable,thoughheneverlosthishead,whileKreisandHamiltonwerelikeapairofcold-bloodedsavages,seekingouttenderplacestoprodandpoke. 

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