“One evening my father entered my room in pensive mood.
“‘Son, I have words of warning. I would save you from coming ills, produced by the grinding wheels of cause and effect.’
“‘Are you a fatalist, Father? Should superstition be allowed to discolor the powerful waters or my activities?’
“‘I am no fatalist, son. But I believe in the just law of retribution, as taught in the holy scriptures. There is resentment against
“One evening my father entered my room in pensive mood.
“‘Son, I have words of warning. I would save you from coming ills, produced by the grinding wheels of cause and effect.’
“‘Are you a fatalist, Father? Should superstition be allowed to discolor the powerful waters or my activities?’
“‘I am no fatalist, son. But I believe in the just law of retribution, as taught in the holy scriptures. There is resentment against
