B1113 <=> B1115 [BTG XLIII Beelzebub’s opinion of war, p. 1114]

“That is why this good custom was not only not spread further, but gradually, also owing to their other characteristic properties, which I have already sufficiently explained to you, that is to say, owing to the fact that this Hebrew people had themselves fallen under the influence of other communities which had become great, and had followed their examples – this good custom began to be despised and was ultimately forsaken and forgotten by the very founders themselves.

“At the present time, this custom exists there only among a very small community to be found in the mountains of the Caucasus and bearing the name ‘Khevsoory,’ just those same Khevsoory who give many scientists there no sleep, because of the problem of the origin of that small community.

“As regards your favorites also destroying the good customs for ordinary existence already existing on their planet and attained by their ancestors, we must, like it or not, again express our condolence with poor Nature there who must always be adapting and readapting Herself.

“And concerning a misfortune of this kind, for their Nature, our very dear Teacher, the peerless Mullah Nassr Eddin, has also some very wise sentences.

“Namely, in similar misfortunes he sometimes says: ‘Ekh . . . if you’re unlucky in life, you may even be infected by your godmother with venereal disease,’ or sometimes he also says: