:11:01
The man was spiritually distorted
through shock.
:11:04
That explosion in the gas main last month.
:11:07
Before that, he was a fine, solid citizen...
:11:09
...kind with his children,
deeply in love with his wife.
:11:13
Since then, he had undergone
a complete change...
:11:15
...until this afternoon I found him
completely reverted to the animal.
:11:19
We can clearly understand a shock
to the nervous system...
:11:22
... but how does that affect the soul?
:11:24
I think he was shocked
from normal good into complete evil.
:11:28
When I say he was a good man,
I don't mean he hadn't had a bad thought.
:11:32
Or that he hadn't committed ordinary
transgressions against society.
:11:36
But, after all, that's the problem
of civilized man's soul, isn't it?
:11:40
That good and evil are constantly
fighting one another?
:11:43
There's a higher source from which
good can find aid in its fight.
:11:46
I realize that, but--
:11:48
The colonel and I have always felt that
a person can be good if they wish to be.
:11:52
-And, well, otherwise if they don't.
-Jekyll, I simply must get this straight.
:11:57
Well, let me put it this way:
:12:00
Good and evil are so close as to be
chained together in the soul.
:12:03
Now, suppose we could break that chain,
separate those two selves...
:12:07
...free the good in man, and let it go to its
higher destiny and segregate the bad.
:12:11
But aren't you a bit presumptuous
in assuming that there's evil in all men?
:12:15
But isn't that true? Wouldn't we be
hypocrites if we didn't admit that?
:12:20
After all, we've all had thoughts that we
didn't want published or shouted out loud.
:12:24
And we certainly have had desires
that are not confined to a drawing room.
:12:28
Why, as Christians, we admit
that man is created weak.
:12:31
That's a perfectly honest problem.
Why don't we face it?
:12:34
Suppose we believe that man's soul
has not yet reached its fulfillment.
:12:39
Is it wise--? Is it right to tamper
with the problem...
:12:42
...until the Creator himself has solved it
in his own mysterious way?
:12:46
-Sir, l--
-Really, this is very disturbing.
:12:49
Such theories come dangerously close to....
:12:52
I hesitate to think what the medical
council would say--
:12:55
Dr. Courtland, advanced theories are always
a sore point with the medical council.