I can't help thinking of the notorious starvation freak at
the circus who gets his meals on the sly everyday.
DR. WASNER. Of course, every conviction can be made ridiculous
once it's regarded as insincere. You shouldn't accuse without
proof.
HAUSER. Herr Professor, politeness requires that each individual
be regarded as the exception--but not an entire club.
BOLLAND. It is a pity, indeed, that a great movement like ours is
disposed of by a few trifling remarks. That embitters our task of
curing the nation of social diseases.
FRAU LUND. Where did you get your Doctor's license to cure?
DR. WASNER. It's sad enough that the cure is left to only a few of
us.
HAUSER. Well, I'll remain a patient. You'll need a few anyway to
keep up your business.
BEERMANN. I consider all this a very cheap kind of humor. I used
to joke about these matters myself, but if you will only look upon
this problem from a serious point of view, when your eyes are
opened to the ...
FRAU BEERMANN. ... Your newly acquired ways of talking are quite
unbearable.
BEERMANN. Please, don't make a scene.
FRAU BEERMANN. We have been married for twenty-six years; have
been very fortunate with our own children. Why worry about other
people?
BEERMANN. You are not logical, my love. The mere fact that I
brought up my children properly is all the more reason for my
joining this movement.
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