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And a Merry Christmas to you."
"Well, sir," he said, "it won't be long now, will it, until old soup-for-brains with the long white beard will come a-jingling over our housetops with goodies for us all."
"No--Guess not."
"A man who whips little reindeer is capable of anything," said Hackleman.
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― While Mortals Sleep: Unpublished Short Fiction
― While Mortals Sleep: Unpublished Short Fiction
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It is often argued that religion is valuable because it makes men good, but even if this were true it would not be a proof that religion is true. That would be an extension of pragmatism beyond endurance. Santa Claus makes children good in precisely the same way, and yet no one would argue seriously that the fact proves his existence. The defense of religion is full of such logical imbecilities. The theologians, taking one with another, are adept logicians, but every now and then they have to re
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― Minority Report
― Minority Report
