There's nothing worse than staying where you are.

What have you saved from the general land-slide ?" Pill smiled a little.

"I don't know." "Want me to cross-examine you and see, eh?
Very well, here goes." He settled back with a smile.

"You believe in square dealing between man and man ?" "Certainly." "You believe in good deeds, candor and steadfastness ?" "I do." "You believe in justice, equality of opportunity, and in liberty ?" "Certainly I do." "You believe, in short, that a man should do unto others as he'd have others do unto him; think right and live out his thoughts ?" "All that I steadfastly believe." "Well, I guess your land-slide was mostly imaginary.

The face of the eternal rock is laid bare.