| Rothman tells Smiley that he is an example par excellence of western ethnocentricity and the belief in cultural evolution, which is what is leading to the destruction of the native peoples of the Amazon. |
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| So. I am Aaron Rothman, Jew and anthropologist, and you are Father Fergus, saver of souls, strangers in a strange land. And we are friends, father, but I say nay to your black images of Essella. The serpent has poisoned your rum, the eagle has pierced your eye, the day of wrath has burred your ear. Or you would understand that I have to follow, for who but her can save her people from us? |