Had he not possessed it to the exclusion of others,
he wouldhave chosen some different career. No doubt children should be protected;
butso should the ratepayer. That being so, the system mustbe upheld and extended
whenever possible. This is a doctrine which permits ofdiscussion; it is not our
doctrine.
Hehas no regard for the snobbery which underlies
it. There it is, charming and different, a standard to itself. What a pityFielding
and Smollett are no longer alive!
The critic adds: The political interest of thosewho
cannot read cannot even be aroused. Oscar Levysomewhere says, with the noble rage of
a Hebrew prophet. Manus deduction isboth logical and practical. Justice is too good
for some people, and not good enough for the rest.
He lives in literature as the most
powerfulantagonist of the Christian soul.
One thing can nevertheless be said for them: they
have not lost theirblitheness. Justice is too good for some people, and not good
enough for the rest.
No great loss but, once more,
symptomatic.
This is lucky, else the Al-tamira paintings might
have beencovered with a coat of whitewash. My liberal friends here complain of the
want of politicalliberty. That being so, the system mustbe upheld and extended
whenever possible.
Were all the suicides of antiquityof unsound
mind?
There is already too much political interestamong
Indians. He changed it in regard tothe Code of Manu.
Neither are these Syrians,whether Arabs or
Christians.
Perfectly correct, once more;and so much the
better. The law is at work; like the keystone of the Indian arch, it
neversleeps.
Five words have arrested my attention: our wretched
little planet,Earth. Oscar Levysomewhere says, with the noble rage of a Hebrew
prophet. It hangs about like influenza,infecting the sanest and most self-possessed
of us.
One is inclined to ask why those fifty women were
not patrolling theHeath formerly. No great loss but, once more, symptomatic. He
changed it in regard tothe Code of Manu.
That case would have to be heard in camera. The
passport-nuisance, as it now exists, was unknown before the War.
It does not content itself with classifying and
punishingcrime. Even so the Church used to invent sins, inorder to fill its coffers.
Hindus are not afflicted with the fidgets.
The law invents a crime, and then spends its
morning collecting finesto swell the revenue.
When a duty ceases tobe a pleasure, then it ceases
to exist. In an earlier work he said it was founded on a holylie.