I don't want to hurt you, father, but you know that it must have seemed to me pretty odd coming back after all these years and finding you, all in the same place, doing the same things, believing in the same things--just like years ago.

I've seen the world a bit, I can tell you--Russia, China, Japan, America, North and South, India.

You believe as far as you can see.

What are you to think when, in every country that you come to, you see people believing in different things?
They can't all be right, you know." His father said nothing.
"But each thinks he's right--and each hates the other.

Then, when I came back and saw a fellow like that man Thurston preaching and laying down the law, well, it seemed odd enough that any one could be taken in by it.