"But, Ben...This notion of a single man owning a planet . . . it's fantastic!"Page 36
"Don't use that word to a lawyer; straining at gnats and swallowing camels is a required course in law schools."
In this passage Ben uses metaphors to explain how far people are willing to go to make their point. In this conversation, about whether martians living on the planet can stake a claim to Mars if Smith dies, it is revealed that allowing an Earth corporation to take over ownership of Mars would leave many of their leaders in power for years. I think Ben is saying that lawyers care so little for what is truly factual and would rather swallow a camel than think in such a way that benefits their opponent, metaphorically of course.
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