Ask that Whitlock Teacher if intelligence doesn’t have to be practical to be true intelligence. I heard it say so, it has to be a tool for adaptation. Right, Kindly Dad?” “Yes, Little Jackie, it has to be.” “What you ought to be teaching,” Jack said, “is, how do we—” “Yes, Little Jackie,” Kindly Dad interrupted him, “it has to be.” And as it said this, a gear-tooth slipped in the glare of Jack’s trouble-light, and a phase of the cycle repeated itself. “You’re stuck,” Jack said. “Kindly Dad, you’ve got a worn gear-tooth.” “Yes, Little Jackie,” Kindly Dad said, “it has to be.” “You’re right,”
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