12 aWho have never had an original or worthwhile thought about anything in their whole lives,
13 And who must have had a pretty special connection to get tenure in the first place?
14 Precisely.
CHAPTER 71 For indeed it is my pleasure to inform you that it is this bvery chain which makes all the difference between success and failure in the world of the intellect,
2 Because the chain includes presidents and deans and tenured professors of the world's greatest universities,
3 As well as prizewinning novelists and poets and playwrights,
4 And noted sculptors and painters and artists of every variety,
5 As well as the founding geniuses of a dozen or more brilliant demimondes in which the right sort of person can thrive for a lifetime.
6 cAnd if you send the ultra-secret symbol of Harry to the name at the top of the list,
7 Your name will become known to all of them,
8 And they will pluck you from the endless lists of anonymous might-have-beens,
9 And elevate you to the very heights of your chosen intellectual profession,
10 Whatever it is.
11 All you have to do is study the message that follows,
12 With the utmost thoroughness,
13 dAnd discover the ultra-secret symbol of Harry.
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14 Isn't that an easy way to guarantee your own success?
15 eCan you think of a more worthwhile use of your prodigious mental capacity?
16 I thought not.
17 Shall we proceed to the message itself?
18 Excellent.
CHAPTER 81 It may seem at first to some among you that the Way of Harry has no relevance for you,
2 Because the Way of Harry is the way of not thinking about anything,
3 At all,
4 fAnd many of you take pride in your skill at thinking,
5 And believe that this is what separates you from everybody else more than any other thing,
6 Since you have all these great brilliant and creative thoughts all the time,
7 gAnd everybody else is just a fool or a hypocrite or a victim,
8 Or worse.
CHAPTER 91 But if this were so, there would be no need for the hchain which you now have a golden opportunity to become part of.
2 And indeed it is not true that the Way of Harry cannot make your life easier,
3 iNo matter how well you think you can think.
4 And if you believe that there is some fatal contradiction between the Way of Harry and the way of the artists and intellectuals,
5 That is only because you have not yet understood one very important truth,
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