16/18 They spread it on their dry bread. I oppose no objection to that; but I reserve Monsieur Naigeon for myself. The good God is good for the populace." The Bishop clapped his hands. "What an excellent and really marvellous thing is this materialism! Not every one who wants it can have it. Ah! when one does have it, one is no longer a dupe, one does not stupidly allow one's self to be exiled like Cato, nor stoned like Stephen, nor burned alive like Jeanne d'Arc. |