Arthur et George

Артур, поскольку он не любит иносказаний, видит притчу и решает принять ее буквально. Точно притча о пшенице и плевелах представляла собой всего лишь агрономическую рекомендацию.

You cannot break the law to advance the law, that was a nonsense. You do it by petition, by argument, by demonstration if necessary, but by reason. Those who broke the law as an argument for obtaining the vote thereby demonstrated their unfitness to receive it.

France, as he understood it, was a country of extremes, of violent opinion, violent principles and long memories.