It was he who suggested the petition, which is not likely to do much good, as the thing cannot be done in any such fashion However, I have promised Brown to get as many signatures as I can; so you may as well sign it, Erskine.

It says nothing in blank verse about the holiness of slaying a tyrant, but it is a step in the right direction.

You will not stick at such a trifle--unless the reviews have frightened you.

Come, your name and address." Erskine shook his head.
"Do you then only commit yourself to revolutionary sentiments when there is a chance of winning fame as a poet by them ?" "I will not sign, simply because I do not choose to," said Erskine warmly.
"My dear fellow," said Trefusis, almost affectionately, "if a man has a conscience he can have no choice in matters of conviction.

I have read somewhere in your book that the man who will not shed his blood for the liberty of his brothers is a coward and a slave.