A howl from all these intellectual idiots is bound to help forward the labours of the Milan Conference.

They will be writing to the papers.

Their indignation would be above suspicion, no material interests being openly at stake, and it will alarm every selfishness of the class which should be impressed.

They believe that in some mysterious way science is at the source of their material prosperity.
They do.

And the absurd ferocity of such a demonstration will affect them more profoundly than the mangling of a whole street--or theatre--full of their own kind.