V: Over the Rainbow
From North American Confederacy
A sophisticated society doesn’t lack customs, it simply has so many they all cancel out. It may be considered a measure of civilization how long a hypothetical “Man from Mars” can wander around without running afoul of the gendarmes or getting burned at the stake for violating some taboo.—Admiral R. A. Heinlein
Conquest of the Bering Straits
Chapter Notes