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"But surely a man like Curmudgeon could not be so self-assured and still be as wholly wrong as he appared. But surely-- There were too many sureties, and Hake didn't really feel any of them. How was it possible that everybody in the world seemed absolutely sure they were in the right, when they all disagreed with each other, and when Hake felt nothing of the sort?" -- Frederik Pohl, The Cool War (1979, Del Rey / Ballantine Books, New York)
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<p><i>"But surely a man like Curmudgeon could not be so
self-assured and still be as wholly wrong as he appared. But
surely-- There were too many sureties, and Hake didn't really
feel any of them. How was it possible that everybody in the
world seemed absolutely sure they were in the right, when they
all disagreed with each other, and when Hake felt nothing of the
sort?"</i> -- Frederik Pohl, <i>The Cool War</i> (1979, Del Rey /
Ballantine Books, New York)</p> <!-- sfbc ed., pp. 75-76 -->
<hr width="25%" /><p[Happy birthday to my sister!]</p>