Today's Stichomancy for Enrico Fermi

The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from O Pioneers! by Willa Cather:

reflecting the sufferings of the cow. "And then didn't it hurt her any more?" he asked. Alexandra patted him. "No, not any more. And in two days they could use her milk again." The road to Ivar's homestead was a very poor one. He had settled in the rough country across the county line, where no one lived but some Russians,--half a dozen families who dwelt

O Pioneers!