58/68 These things to them are an allegory. The goal is lofty, if not so sublime as St.Paul's or Comte's, the Christians or Positivists (there has been an alteration for the better in the spiritual plane, and Socrates helped to bring it about, I believe), but _ceteris paribus_, the words of St.Paul are the words of Hystaspas and Xenophon. They for a corruptible crown, and we for an incorruptible--and one might find a still happier parable! C2.46.Fine sentiment, this _noblesse oblige_ (cf. the archangelic dignity in Milton, _Paradise Lost_, I think). modern English "nigger" theory, Anglo-Indian, etc.). |