And one always wishes what is convenient and agrees with one’s opinions.
People were afraid of Cain’s children, they had a ‘sign.’
And so they explained the sign not as it really was, a distinction, but as the contrary.
The fellows with this sign were said to be peculiar, and they were courageous as well.
People with courage and character are always called peculiar by other people.
That a race of fearless and peculiar men should rove about was very embarrassing.
And so people attached a surname and a story to this race, in order to revenge themselves on it,
in order to compensate themselves more or less for all the terror with which it had inspired them.
Do you understand?” “Yes—that means to say, then—that Cain was not at all wicked?
And the whole story in the Bible isn’t really true?”
“Yes and no. Such ancient, primitive stories are always true, but they have not always been recorded and explained in the proper manner.
In short, I mean that Cain was a thundering good fellow, and this story got attached to his name simply because people were afraid of him.
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