He was an earth-man in his devotion to the irrefragable fact, and his logic was admirable though frosty.

"You've got to show me," was the ground rule by which he considered all things.

He lacked the slightest iota of faith.

This was what Morrell had pointed out.

Lack of faith had prevented Oppenheimer from succeeding in achieving the little death in the jacket.
You will see, my reader, that it was not all hopelessly bad in solitary.
Given three minds such as ours, there was much with which to while away the time.