Danger in the Dark - ZseZse

46 DANGER IN THE DARK.
acknowledge it wrong, where is the hope of curing it ~
While papists are avowedly intolerant and systematically
inculcate a spirit of persecution, I can see
but little possibility of their outgrowing that barbarian
principle of ill-will toward those who differ from us.
When men get right in principle, they will after
awhile come right in practice-but seldom without."
"If the Catholic clergy are the enemies of light, as
you insist, why do they make such a parade about education
~ To hear Mr. Dupin talk, you would think he
was about to move heaven and earth, to have all our
Protestant children educated! "
" Policy! policy! it is but a stroke of policy. Why
do they not move heaven and earth to educate the children
of papists! Look at the Catholic masses, how
deplorably illiterate and benighted! What better evidence
than this do you want of the insincerity of the
priesthood in their great parade about education, which
they are making of late ~ ",Yeshall find, I imagine, in
the ant-come, that there is more thunder than lightning
in their wonderful ado on the subject."
Mr. Wimple now manifested a disposition to change
the topic of conversation, by making some remarks
about the weather, and the probability of a warm
summer; Squire Delmont was inclined to be accommodating,
and readily consented to discuss the state
of the weather: upon this innocent and unexciting
subject, their minds grew calm, and in the utmost
good feeling, the company separated, taking leave of
each other with much agreeable ceremony.