42/54 He is an old man burdened by infirmities; he is half deaf and three parts blind. However, I recognise that the situation is an embarrassing one." "Luckily it is but a passing disorder," said St.Irenaeus. "The penguins are baptized, but their eggs are not, and the evil will stop with the present generation." "Do not speak thus, Irenaeus my son," said the Lord. "There are exceptions to the laws that men of science lay down on the earth because they are imperfect and have not an exact application to nature. |