"O Mártir" , uma novela de Poul Anderson ; Publicado pela primeira vez em A Revista de Fantasia e Ficção Científica , março de 1960 , disponível no Arquivo da Internet .
He turned to the watching Cibarrans and shouted, "That's what you've been trying so hard to keep us from finding out, that death isn't the end! But why? You claim to be interested in our happiness. You couldn't have told us anything more wonderful than that we have immortal souls!" The stranger vanished. Elth remained a second more. Narden realized it was a surrender: the answer given now because it would be discovered anyway, unless these humans joined in hiding the fact. When he spoke, it was with surgical compassion. "You don't," he said.