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"The question seems to be-" began the Englishman. He looked up and bowed to a girl in black who had just come in from deck and was taking the seat beside him. "The question seems to be-" The girl was having some difficulty in removing her coat, and he turned to assist her.
"In my opinion," remarked the distinguished alienist, who was returning from a vacation in Vienna, "the question is whether or not civilization is defeating its own aims in placing an exorbitant value on human life. " As he spoke he leaned forward authoritatively and accented his words with foreign precision.