[Penguin Island by Anatole France]@TWC D-Link bookPenguin Island BOOK VI 36/95
These errors are never irreparable; if the judges do not repair them on earth, God will repair them in Heaven.
Besides I have great confidence in general Greatauk, who, though he certainly does not look it, seems to me to be an abler man than all those who are attacking him." "Dearest Cornemuse," cried the pious Agaric, "the Pyrot affair, if pushed to the point whither we can lead it by the help of God and the necessary funds, will produce the greatest benefits.
It will lay bare the vices of this Anti-Christian Republic and will incline the Penguins to restore the throne of the Draconides and the prerogatives of the Church.
But to do that it is necessary for the people to see the clergy in the front rank of its defenders.
Let us march against the enemies of the army, against those who insult our heroes, and everybody will follow us." "Everybody will be too many," murmured the monk of Conils, shaking his head.
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