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Dr. Seward’s Diary

           Tellmethethesis,sothatImayapplyyourknowledgeasyougoon. AtpresentIamgoinginmymindfrompointtopointasamadman,andnotasaneone,followsanidea. Ifeellikeanovicelumberingthroughaboginamidst,jumpingfromonetussocktoanotherinthemereblindefforttomoveonwithoutknowingwhereIamgoing." 

           "Thatisagoodimage,"hesaid. "Well,Ishalltellyou.Mythesisisthis,Iwantyoutobelieve." 

           "Tobelievewhat?" 

           "Tobelieveinthingsthatyoucannot. Letmeillustrate. IheardonceofanAmericanwhosodefinedfaith, ‘thatfacultywhichenablesustobelievethingswhichweknowtobeuntrue.’ Forone,Ifollowthatman. Hemeantthatweshallhaveanopenmind,andnotletalittlebitoftruthchecktherushofthebigtruth,likeasmallrockdoesarailwaytruck. Wegetthesmalltruthfirst. Good! Wekeephim,andwevaluehim,butallthesamewemustnotlethimthinkhimselfallthetruthintheuniverse." 

           "Thenyouwantmenottoletsomepreviousconvictioninurethereceptivityofmymindwithregardtosomestrangematter.DoIreadyourlessonaright?" 

           "Ah,youaremyfavouritepupilstill. Itisworthtoteachyou. Nowthatyouarewillingtounderstand,youhavetakenthefirststeptounderstand. Youthinkthenthatthosesosmallholesinthechildren’sthroatsweremadebythesamethatmadetheholesinMissLucy?" 

           "Isupposeso." 

           Hestoodupandsaidsolemnly,"Thenyouarewrong. Oh,woulditwereso! Butalas! No.Itisworse,far,farworse." 

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