Морской волк

Chapter 8

           Icutouttheraceandthechildren.Iwouldsacrificenothingforthem.It’sjustsomuchslushandsentiment,andyoumustseeityourself,atleastforonewhodoesnotbelieveineternallife.Withimmortalitybeforeme,altruismwouldbeapayingbusinessproposition.Imightelevatemysoultoallkindsofaltitudes.Butwithnothingeternalbeforemebutdeath,givenforabriefspellthisyeastycrawlingandsquirmingwhichiscalledlife,why,itwouldbeimmoralformetoperformanyactthatwasasacrifice.Anysacrificethatmakesmeloseonecrawlorsquirmisfoolishandnotonlyfoolish,foritisawrongagainstmyselfandawickedthing.ImustnotloseonecrawlorsquirmifIamtogetthemostoutoftheferment.NorwilltheeternalmovelessnessthatiscomingtomebemadeeasierorharderbythesacrificesorselfishnessesofthetimewhenIwasyeastyandacrawl."

           "Thenyouareanindividualist,amaterialist,and,logically,ahedonist."

           "Bigwords,"hesmiled."Butwhatisahedonist?"

           HenoddedagreementwhenIhadgiventhedefinition."Andyouarealso,"Icontinued,"amanonecouldnottrustintheleastthingwhereitwaspossibleforaselfishinteresttointervene?"

           "Nowyou’rebeginningtounderstand,"hesaid,brightening.

           "Youareamanutterlywithoutwhattheworldcallsmorals?"

           "That’sit."

           "Amanofwhomtobealwaysafraid"

           "That’sthewaytoputit."

           "Asoneisafraidofasnake,oratiger,orashark?"

           "Nowyouknowme,"hesaid.

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