human
That is a strange story, and hard to believe, Mr. Jones.
gpt
But your _ipse dixit_ does not make it true.
human
My _ipse dixit_, indeed! Have not I read it? Do not I know it? Be it true or false, I believe it; and I wonder at your impudence to call in question anything that I say,
gpt
Do not excite yourself, Mr. Jones.
human
Excite myself! isn't there enough to excite me? _I said so_, and that ought to have been enough without your contradiction.
gpt
The principle you advanced, Mr. Jones, a short time since, on geology seems to be altogether gratuitous, and can only be received for what it is worth.
human
Gratuitous, indeed! Gratuitous! You affirm it to be gratuitous, do you? I should like to know what right you have to say it is gratuitous? Haven't I said it is so? and do you mean to insult me by saying it is only gratuitous?
gpt
I do not mean to insult at all; but I was not prepared to receive it, as it is antagonistic to the views of the most eminent geologists of the present day,
human
What is that to me? My views are my own. I have found them myself. I hold them sacred. I care not who they contradict. I believe they are right. I affirm them so to you, and you should not dispute them.
gpt
To the law and the testimony,