“Not that I know of,” he answered softly.
“And you did the right thing, the only thing …” She caught him around the neck and drew his ear close to her mouth to utter words no one else was meant to hear.
“Wise man!”
Upon which he kissed her, thoroughly and for a long time.
THE CONTENT OF THE PROPOSITIONS
#1: That this is a rich planet. Therefore poverty and hunger are unworthy of it, and since we can abolish them, we must.
#2: That we are a civilized species. Therefore none shall henceforth gain illicit advantage by reason of the fact that we together know more than one of us can know.
THE OUTCOME OF THE PLEBISCITE
Well—how did you vote?