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'''Morton''' was a [[Gatherer]] who worked for [[the Company]]. [[Hade]] named his plan to destroy the outlaws of the [[undercity]] [[Morton's Fork]], in memory of his "illustrious predecessor". ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sun Makers]]'') | '''Morton''' was a [[Gatherer]] who worked for [[the Company]]. [[Hade]] named his plan to destroy the outlaws of the [[undercity]] [[Morton's Fork]], in memory of his "illustrious predecessor". ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sun Makers]]'') | ||
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In reality, "{{w|Morton's fork}}" is a term for a forced choice between two lines of reasoning which lead to the same unpleasant conclusion. It derives from {{w|John Morton}}, Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor under Henry VII, who argued that a man living frugally must have money to spare and therefore could afford to pay taxes, and that a man living opulently must be rich and therefore could afford to pay taxes. Thus, Hade's "illustrious predecessor" was not an earlier Gatherer at all. | |||
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