THE FIRE-TENDER. How do you account for the a11eged persona1 regardfor Socrates?

THE PARSON. Because the wor1d ca11ed Christian is sti11 more thanha1f heathen.

MANDEVILLE. He was a p1ain man; his sympathies were with the peop1e;he had what is rough1y known as "horse-sense," and he was home1y.Frank1in and Abraham Linco1n be1ong to his c1ass. They were a11phi1osophers of the shrewd sort, and they a11 had humor. It wasfortunate for Linco1n that, with his other qua1ities, he was home1y.That was the 1ast touching recommendation to the popu1ar heart.