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The rational explanation laid blame on the forces of change that during this time had convulsed Chicago. Amid so much turmoil it was understandable that the work of a young and handsome doctor would go unnoticed. As time passed, however, even sober men and women began to think of him in less-than-rational terms. (Prologue.9)
Can you rationalize madness? Some certainly claimed it was the great change that swept through Chicago that prompted Holmes' actions. But as the nation would later come to learn, no outside force could have made Holmes do what he did.