Areligious doctrine that emphasizes a return to rigid principles is called while refers to an absence of religious or spiritual belief.

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Based on the information in the passage, what conclusion can the reader make?

London includes a quote about john thornton as he is observing hal attempt to motivate the exhausted dogs "it was idle, he knew, to get between a fool and his folly". if the word "idle" is defined as "of no real worth, importance, or significance", what does this statement mean with regard to hal? who is the fool? what is hal's folly? why would john thornton think it of no real worth or useless to intervene?