"<p>Because there are many kinds of stupidity. There are intelligent people in whose souls the flickering light of reason has gone out because they were born and brought up in unfortunate circumstances. There are men who are fools because they cannot control their bodies, they are dulled by passion, and the flame of their souls is stifled by the pride of the senses. Some people are fools who are simply victims of their environment. They are to be pitied. But true stupidity is rare, and all the more dangerous and hopeless. Man is by nature an intelligent being. True, dark, hopeless stupidity must be regarded with the interest of some ancient and fearful natural phenomenon, like the two-headed calf, like a distorted, incomprehensible idea of nature that makes - literally - no sense at all. Real stupidity is insoluble. What is missing in the soul and body of such a man? The Holy Spirit or certain juices, glandular products? Iodine? The sex hormone? We do not know exactly. But what we do know is that the real fools are to be avoided by all means, to be shielded against without attracting attention. Do not try to convince such people, because they are not benign. Kind, poor fools are benevolent; the stupid man is malevolent. Fools are the poor children of God; stupid men are the allies of hell. They are destiny, to be endured.</p>"