“Tonight, sir? It is rather late.”
“Nevertheless, I want to issue it tonight.”
“It must be important, sir.”
“It’s my resignation,” said the senator.
“Your resignation! From the senate, sir!”
“No,” said the senator. “From life.”
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Mr. Michaelson: As a churchman, I cannot think otherwise than that the proposal now before you gentlemen constitutes a perversion of God’s law. It is not within the province of man to say a man may live beyond his allotted time. Chairman Leonard: I might ask you this: How is one to know when a man’s allotted time has come to an end? Medicine has prolonged the lives of many persons. Would you call a physician a perverter of God’s law? Mr. Michaelson: It has become apparent through the testimony given here that the eventual aim of continuing research is immortality. Surely you can see that physical immortality does not square with the Christian concept. I tell you this, sir: You can’t fool God and get away with it. From the Records of a hearing before the science subcommittee of the public policy committee of the World House of Representatives.
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Chess is a game of logic.