Was not the death
of your Jesus Christ a murder? Murder means death for base, selfish
ends. What said Jesus--that He came to send a sword? Of course He
did. Every idea is a sword. What a God He was! He was the first
who ever cared for the people--for the real people, the poor, the
ignorant, the fools, the weak-minded, the slaves. The Greeks and
Romans thought nothing of these. I salute thee, O Thou Son of the
People!" and Caillaud took down a little crucifix which, strange to
say, always hung in his room, and reverently inclined himself to it.
"A child of the people," he continued, "in everything, simple,
foolish, wise, ragged, Divine, martyred Hero."
Zachariah was not astonished at this melodramatic display, for he
knew Caillaud well; and although this was a little more theatrical
than anything he had ever seen before, it was not out of keeping with
his friend's character. Nor was it insincere, for Caillaud was not
an Englishman. Moreover, there is often more insincerity in
purposely lowering the expression beneath the thought, and denying
the thought thereby, than in a little exaggeration. Zachariah,
although he was a Briton, had no liking for that hypocrisy which
takes a pride in reducing the extraordinary to the commonplace, and
in forcing an ignoble form upon that which is highest.
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