Re: Deaths close chapter on Bloody Sunday

one. It shows by one's
hair, that one has a valet, a perfumer, etc., by one's band, thread,
lace,... etc. Now it is not merely superficial nor merely outward show to
have many arms at command. The more arms one has, the more powerful one is.
To be spruce is to show one's power.

317. Deference means, "Put yourself to inconvenience." This is apparently
silly, but is quite right. For it is to say, "I would indeed put myself to
inconvenience if you required it, since indeed I do so when it is of no
service to you." Deference further serves to distinguish the great. Now if
deference was displayed by sitting in an arm-chair, we should show deference
to everybody, and so no distinction would be made; but, being put to
inconvenience, we distinguish very well.

318. He has four lackeys.

319. How rightly do we distinguish men by external appearances rather than
by internal qualities! Which of us two shall have precedence? Who will give
place to the other? The least clever. But I am as clever as he. We should
have to fight over this. He has four lackeys, and I have only one. This can
be seen; we have only to count. It falls to me to yield, and I am a fool if
I contest the matter. By this means we are at peace, which is the greatest
of boons.

320. The most unreasonable things in the world become most reasonable,
because of the unruliness of men. What is less reasonable than to choose the
eldest son of a queen to rule a State? We do not choose as captain of a ship
the passenger who is of the best family.

This law would be absurd and unjust; but, because men are so themselves and
always will be