Volume VI Part 87 (2/2)
Some time elapsed before I had time to exast which the 'Priapeia' found no place
No doubt this work bore witness to his love for literature but not to his learning, for there was nothing of his own in it All he had done was to classify each fragical order I should have liked to see notes, co of the kind Besides, the type was not elegant, the ins were poor, the paper common, and misprints not infrequent All these are bad faults, especially in a hich should have become a classic
Consequently, the book was not a profitable one; and as the marquis was not a rich man he was occasionally reproached by his wife for theand his apology for it, and understood a good deal of the ine that his writings reat offence at Roer Of course the y one is only in the right when Roh he had a tincture of Jansenisustine
He denied, for instance, that al could annul the penalty attached to sin, and according to hi which had any ht hand knohat thy left hand doeth”
He even ave alreatest secrecy, for aliven in public are sure to be accoht have been objected that the iven It is quite possible for a good man to slip a piece ofin a public place, and yet thisdistress without a thought of the onlookers
As I wanted to go to Trieste, I ood as blowing, and I should have got to Trieste in twelve hours This wasto do at Ancona, and it was a hundred o by Ancona, and I felt obliged to do so
I had always a strong tincture of superstition, which has exercised considerable influence on e career
Like Socrates I, too, had a de his will, and obeying blindly when I felt a voice withinenius, and occasionally I have felt inclined to coainst my reason more frequently Whenever I did so I found that i, and for all that I have still continued reasoning
When I arrived at Senegallia, at three stages fro to bed, whether I would allow hi to Ancona in the chaise
My first impulse made me answer sharply that I wanted no one in my chaise, much less a Jew
The vetturino went out, but a voice said within me, ”You must take this'
poor Israelite;” and in spite of nified my assent
”Then you must make up your mind to start at an earlier hour, for it is Friday to-morrow, and you know the Jews are not allowed to travel after sunset”
”I shall not start a moment earlier than I intended, but you can aveI found e The first thing he asked ion teaches you to hate ions, especially Christians, and you think you have done a meritorious action when you have deceived us You do not look upon us as brothers You are usurious, unmerciful, our enemies, and so I do not like you”
”You are , and you will hear us pray for all Christians, beginning with our Lord the Pope”
I could not help bursting into a roar of laughter
”True,” I replied, ”but the prayer comes from the mouth only, and not from the heart If you do not immediately confess that the Jeould not pray for the Christians if they were theyou out of the chaise”
Of course I did not carry out this threat, but I coes in the Old Testament, where the Jews are bidden to do all possible harm to the Gentiles, whom they were to curse every day