Saturday, September 28, 2013
Fools and Slow of Heart
Samuel Butler (1835-1902), The Way of All Flesh, chapter XXXII (on Althea Pontifex):
Thanks to Ian Jackson for passing along another version of the same passage, from Daniel Howard's edition of the original manuscript, as unretouched by Streatfeild, published as Ernest Pontifex, or the Way of all Flesh (Methuen 1965):
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But she would say a wicked thing quietly on her own account sometimes, and called my attention once to a note in her prayer book which gave an account of the walk to Emmaus with the two disciples, and how Christ had said to them, "O fools and slow of heart to believe ALL that the prophets have spoken"—the "all" being printed in small capitals.
Thanks to Ian Jackson for passing along another version of the same passage, from Daniel Howard's edition of the original manuscript, as unretouched by Streatfeild, published as Ernest Pontifex, or the Way of all Flesh (Methuen 1965):
But she would say a wicked thing quietly on her own account sometimes, and called my attention once to a passage in her prayer-book which gave an account of the walk to Emmaus with the two disciples, and how Christ had called them "fools and slow of heart to believe ALL that the prophets had told them" — the "all" being printed in small capitals.
