This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ... Which he bids others follow: thou wilt not Persuade me otherwise. Mal. No good man he, Who spurns at legalized authority, Teaches new dogmas, practises new rites, Rails at the appointed rulers of the land, Reviles the priesthood: O, thou never wilt Persuade me otherwise. Gam. Ah, if we were As stern ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ... Which he bids others follow: thou wilt not Persuade me otherwise. Mal. No good man he, Who spurns at legalized authority, Teaches new dogmas, practises new rites, Rails at the appointed rulers of the land, Reviles the priesthood: O, thou never wilt Persuade me otherwise. Gam. Ah, if we were As stern and rigorous judges of ourselves As we are harsh ones oft of other men, Less open would our shameful deeds be laid To popular invective. 'Tis too true--Flatter ourselves we may, and in the haunts Of men be lauded as if bless'd of God, And popularly deemed the elect of heaven. Upright, true-hearted, virtuous, holy men; Yet over all our order rests the stain Of darkest vices. Mal. Grant it so, Gamaliel; Still, is it fit the populace should revile, Or any turbulent knave among them all Revile, the constituted powers? The crowd Are born to hear, obey, be orderly, And patiently submit to curb and rein. The ruler, if the people err, must guide them, Gently or sternly, to the path again; They guide not him--his will to him is law--And if he err, there is a God to mark The wrong-doer and punish him. Gam. And this You think a fair arrangement? Mal. Thoroughly. Gam. How can it be? Mal. Because the populace Inherently are ignorant and rash, Wrong-headed, blundering, and incapable: They ever were so. Gam. Yet you oft may chance On men sprung from their bosom, cottage-born, In wisdom and capacity the peers Of kings and nobles. Mal. Say est thou? then 'twere well We left our chair to seat base shepherd clowns. Gam. Moses was once a shepherd; David fed The flocks of Jesse in his native fields. Mal. The Spirit of God gave them enlightenment, And made them wise in all things. Gam. The same God Who gave them light and wisdom can impart Like gift to this man....
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