Nobody believes in magicians any more, nobody believes that anyone can come along and wave a wand and turn you into a frog. But if you read in the paper that by injecting certain glands scientists can alter your vital tissues and you'll develop froglike characteristics, well, everybody would believe that.
You've built your homeyou've fledged your birdsyou've beaten the windwith your bonesyou've finished alonewhat no one began