[Calderon The Courtier by Edward Bulwer-Lytton]@TWC D-Link bookCalderon The Courtier CHAPTER IV 7/8
The Inquisition itself our tool, posterity shall regard us as the apostles of intellectual faith.
And thinkest thou, that, for the attainment of these great ends, we can have the tender scruples of common men? Perish a thousand Fonsecas--ten thousand novices, ere thou lose, by the strength of a hair, thy hold over the senses and soul of the licentious Philip! At whatever hazard, save thy power; for with it are bound, as mariners to a plank, the hopes of those who make the mind a sceptre." "Thy enthusiasm blinds and misleads thee, Aliaga," said Calderon, coldly.
"For me, I tell thee now, as I have told thee before, that I care not a rush for thy grand objects.
Let mankind serve itself--I look to myself alone.
But fear not my faith; my interests and my very life are identified with thee and thy fellow-fanatics.
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