In our carnal state we say, WHAT IS
ONE AGAINST NUMBERS? In another we shall truly say, WHAT ARE
NUMBERS AGAINST ONE?'"
Sir Thomas did ejaculate, "AMEN! AMEN!" And then his lips moved
silently, piously, and quickly; and then said he, audibly and
loudly, -
"AND MAKE US AT LAST TRUE ISRAELITES!"
After which he turned to young Willy, and said, anxiously, -
"Hast thou more, lad? give us it while the Lord strengtheneth."
"Sir," answered Willy, "although I thought it no trouble, on my
return to the Mitre, to write down every word I could remember, and
although few did then escape me, yet at this present I can bring to
mind but scanty sentences, and those so stray and out of order that
they would only prove my incapacity for sterling wisdom, and my
incontinence of spiritual treasure."
SIR THOMAS.
"Even that sentence hath a twang of the doctor in it. Nothing is so
sweet as humility. The mountains may descend, but the valleys
cannot rise. Every man should know himself. Come, repeat what thou
canst. I would fain have three or four more heads."
WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE.
"I know not whether I can give your worship more than one other.
Let me try. It was when Doctor Glaston was discoursing on the
protection the wise and powerful should afford to the ignorant and
weak:-
"'In the earlier ages of mankind, your Greek and Latin authors
inform you, there went forth sundry worthies, men of might, to
deliver, not wandering damsels, albeit for those likewise they had
stowage, but low-conditioned men, who fell under the displeasure of
the higher, and groaned in thraldom and captivity.
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