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"You say things which do not sound right. You insult religion. You deny
the most evident truths. You propagate revolting errors. For instance,
you have said that the fact of virginity excludes the possibility of
maternity."
Ursus lifted his eyes meekly, "I did not say that. I said that the fact
of maternity excludes the possibility of virginity."
Minos was thoughtful, and mumbled, "True, that is the contrary."
It was really the same thing. But Ursus had parried the first blow.
Minos, meditating on the answer just given by Ursus, sank into the
depths of his own imbecility, and kept silent.
The overseer of history, or, as Ursus called him, Rhadamanthus, covered
the retreat of Minos by this interpolation, "Accused! your audacity and
your errors are of two sorts. You have denied that the battle of
Pharsalia would have been lost because Brutus and Cassius had met a
negro."
"I said," murmured Ursus "that there was something in the fact that
Cæsar was the better captain."
The man of history passed, without transition, to mythology.
"You have excused the infamous acts of Actæon."
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