There's not a man born of woman better for the job." Now, all the Christian world had gone religious, and young Marco was no exception; for't is not only the old that are religious.

The young are, too; but there's a difference.

The religion of old men is reason and translation; the religion of the young is just a burning cloud.

The Tragedy of the Bitter Tree is not a symbol to them, but a reality, and their tears are not of the spirit, but of the body, too.
And there are no half-way houses, no compromises, in a young man's creed.

It's swallow all, or be damned to you.