And they never have from the beginning of the world done what the wise men have seen to be inevitable.

They stoned the false prophets, it is said; but they could have stoned true prophets with a greater and juster enjoyment.

Individually, men may present a more or less rational appearance, eating, sleeping, and scheming.

But humanity as a whole is changeful, mystical, fickle, delightful.

Men are men, but Man is a woman.
But in the beginning of the twentieth century the game of Cheat the Prophet was made far more difficult than it had ever been before.