Because A Doubt Is Not A Denial.

Soon The Sun Will Set'- Is That Prophecy? No, It's Merely An Assertion Of Faith In The Consistency Of Events.

Men Must Fumble Awhile With Error To Separate It From Truth, I Think- As Long As They Don't Seize The Error Hungrily Because It Has A Pleasanter Taste.

The Captain Looked Defensive. "you Regard Our Customs As Primitive?"every Society To Its Own Tastes, Captain. The Wisdom Of One Society Would Be Folly For Another. Who Is Qualified To Judge? Only The Universe, Which Passes The Judgment Of Survival On All Peoples.

But Neither Infinite Power Nor Infinite Wisdom Could Bestow Godhood Upon Men. For That There Would Have To Be Infinite Love As Well.

Ask For An Omen, Then Stone It When It Comes -- De Essentia Hominum.