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HIM: He should be drowned. ME: Gently, my dear fellow. HIM HE SHOULD BE DROWNED ME GENTLY MY DEAR FELLOW
who condemned him. The shame stays with them for ever. Think of Socrates and the magistrate who made him drink the hemlock--which of those two is the dishonourable man today? HIM: That's a great help to Socrates! Does that make him any less condemned, any less put to death? Was he any less a rebellious citizen? With his contempt for a bad law, didn't he encourage fools to disregard good laws? Was he any less an audacious and odd individual? Just now you were not so far from expressing how little you liked men of genius. ME: My dear fellow, listen to me. A society should never have bad laws. And if it had only good ones, it would never be in a position to persecute a man of genius. I didn't say that genius was inseparably attached to malice or malice to genius. A fool is more often an evil person than a man of intelligence is. And if a man of genius were characteristically hard to get along with, difficult, prickly, and unbearable, even if he were bad, what would you conclude from that?  THE JUDGES AND COUNTRIES WHO CONDEMNED HIM THE SHAME STAYS WITH THEM FOREVER THINK OF SOCRATES AND THE MAGISTRATE WHO MADE HIM DRINK THE HEMLOCK WHICH OF THOSE TWO IS THE DISHONORABLE MAN TO DAY HIM THAT'S A GREAT HELP TO SOCRATES DOES THAT MAKE HIM ANY LESS CONDEMNED ANY LESS PUT TO DEATH WAS HE ANY LESS A REBELLIOUS CITIZEN WITH HIS CONTEMPT FOR A BAD LAW DIDN'T HE JUST ENCOURAGE FOOLS TO DISREGARD GOOD LAWS WAS HE ANY LESS AN AUDACIOUS AND ODD INDIVIDUAL JUST NOW YOU ARE NOT SO FAR FROM EXPRESSING HOW LITTLE YOU LIKED MEN OF GENIUS ME MY DEAR FELLOW LISTEN TO ME A SOCIETY SHOULD NEVER HAVE BAD LAWS AND IF IT HAD ONLY GOOD ONES IT WOULD NEVER BE IN A POSITION TO PERSECUTE A MAN OF GENIUS I DIDN'T SAY THAT GENIUS WAS INSEPARABLY ATTACHED TO MALICE OR MALICE TO GENIUS A FOOL IS MORE OFTEN AN EVIL PERSON THAN A MAN OF INTELLIGENCES AND IF A MAN OF GENIUS WERE CHARACTERISTICALLY HARD TO GET ALONG WITH DIFFICULT PRICKLY AND UNBEARABLE EVEN IF HE WERE BAD WHAT WOULD YOU CONCLUDE FROM THAT
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