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"Thank you. But tell me this: how do you distinguish those

extraordinary people from the ordinary ones? Are there signs at

their birth? I feel there ought to be more exactitude, more

external definition. Excuse the natural anxiety of a practical

law-abiding citizen, but couldn't they adopt a special uniform,

for instance, couldn't they wear something, be branded in some

way? For you know if confusion arises and a member of one

category imagines that he belongs to the other, begins to

'eliminate obstacles' as you so happily expressed it, then..."

"Oh, that very often happens! That remark is wittier than the

other."

"Thank you."