The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1959-02-19
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be permitted that the vital breath of
democratic uninbited impression and
preston of thought dedicated the good
fellows frustrated in their expressions is the in
cepon nay the essence of tyranny plea is for
tolerance antonym and the antthess OF tyranny
Scion: You speak of those
of authority? Had the you would destroy the
established system of the state
Citizen: M voltaire, what say you is tolerance?
voltaire: What 1t is the natural attribute of
humanity weakness and let
don recproca folly That is the first law of nature
individual who persecues man. his bro
the because he not of the same opinion monster But
the magistrates But the Princes! How do
they those whose religion is other than theirs?
Scion: Princes Sire? How do they speak?
voltaire: Religion destroyed the government is lost if
speak certain paradoxes Never dare to think
till you permission from monk clerk 1t is
against public welfare to think for himself
But Sire without respect for the state its rulers its
heroes moors glorious traditions all lost The state must
exercise firm control irresponsible extremists
citizen Extremists this state
I refer contemporary fools who call them
selves of letters
voare Perhaps greatest misfortune of of letters
is in being judged by go far sometimes particularly
bigory added nepude and to neptude the spirit
of great misfortune of of letters
bourgeois buys himself small position
and his colleagues If he suffers injustice
The of letters unsuccored he
flying fish; he rises little the BIRDS devour h
if he dives, the fish eat him.
Every public man pays tribute to malignty
paid in honors and gold.
Heart
Scion: remind you Sire, that man of dignity
am indulgence Kindness and justice My friends
have adjudged me-
voare Dscord greatest i'll mankind and tolerance
is the only remedy for it.
nobody with this truth whether
he his peaceaby examines the
truth with his friends who private
advocate indulgence Kindness and justice public with
SO much fury against Why? Can be that their
their god and they sacrifice everything 10 the
monster which they worship?
And what is this monster Sire How does speak,
Voare: possess dignity and founded on igno-
creu walk the heads of men who lie PROSTATE
at should and look the face am lost
bind them to the ground therefore, with iron CHAINS
Thus whom centuries OF bgotry have made
powerful They have powerful beneath them, and
they who enrich themselves with the spos OF
the poor grow their blood and laugh at their stupidity
They partisans rich at the public
dread
word liberty everything they hire fanatics
to cry their voices Respect masters absurdes
trembe pay and keep mouths shut Crawl as crawl
YOU shall petition that be torn up by the roots
and burned. sfs
succeed chalnng the multuoe you must wear 'he
same letters.
Scion: But Sire who walks honor
ably as heretics who speak SO suby tables
and parallels be disciplined
very likely that the ancient fables IN the
vle those invented by the subugat
ed people Free had the occasion to disguise
the truth tyran scarcely spoken except PARALLELS
and at present. this is dangerous liberty
You atruss amuse me- lheSe peasants uoh even
want to be saved
Citizen: Those lost But perhaps Scion had
point In reality it who are the tyrants We
mean often do not do we'll All too often our enthu
sasn1s are based ignorance
Voaire: Enthusiasm not always the companion OF total
IGNORANCE it is often that of information
citizen Enlightenment alertness and morality the saliva