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Harry’s Two Commandments
Chapter 35
There was another caller who said that he liked Harry’s Way,
2bBut how was one follower of the Way supposed to protect himself against the blame of another follower of the Way,
3cBecause it seemed like things could get complicated if absolutely everybody was using the Trinity of Harry?
4And then Harry replied to him without pause, saying,
5There is no point whatever in thinking about such things,
6At all.
7For such as you, who profess to like my Way, but insist on thinking about it, I have formulated Two dCommandments,
8Which go like this:
9ePursue your own desires, with all the certainty that comes from not thinking about anything at all. This is the first and great Commandment. And the second is almost as important: Blame your neighbor before he can blame you. On these Two Commandments hang all the lessons of human experience.
10I also have, in addition to these Commandments, a Tip,
11Which I urge you to accept,
12The Tip being, fThe one who receives the blame of others is the one who is last to point the finger of blame,
13And the one who is the last to point the finger of blame is invariably the one who has taken the time to think about it.
14gHe who points the finger of blame without thinking about it at all will get away with everything,
15hNine times out of ten,
16And who can give you better odds than that?
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