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Nor must he be inhibited from showing many persons and things, which may possibly have never fallen within the knowledge of great part of his readers. If the writer strictly observes the rules above-mentioned, he hath discharged his part; and is then intitled to some faith from his reader, who is indeed guilty of critical infidelity if he disbelieves him.
Belloc himself has analysed. You say to some worthy provincial, "English Prime Ministers sell peerages and places on the Front Bench." He is startled, and he disbelieves you; but when a few days afterwards he reads in his newspaper of how some howling nonentity has just been made a peer, or a member of the Government, the incredible sentence he has heard recurs to him.
Van Mons, in his treatise on pears and apples, shows how utterly he disbelieves that the several sorts, for instance a Ribston-pippin or Codlin-apple, could ever have proceeded from the seeds of the same tree. Innumerable other examples could be given.
If a man wants either to believe or disbelieve the Christian miracles he can do so if he tries hard enough; but if he does not care whether he believes or disbelieves and simply wants to find out which side has the best of it, this he will find a more difficult matter. Nevertheless he will probably be able to do this too if he tries. Faith i
Conference of Loudun Venality of the Princes Mutual concessions Indisposition of M. de Condé He signs the treaty Concini is insulted by a citizen of Paris The Court return to the capital Schism in the cabal The seals are transferred to M. du Vair Disgrace of the ministers Triumph of Concini Mangot is appointed Secretary of State, and Barbin Minister of Finance The young sovereigns Court costumes Anne of Austria and Marie de Medicis Puerility of Louis XIII The Maréchal de Bouillon and the Duc de Mayenne return to Court They seek to ruin Concini The Prince de Condé effects a reconciliation with the Queen-mother James I. sends an embassy to Paris to negotiate a marriage between the Prince of Wales and the Princesse Christine Gorgeous reception at the Louvre Court festivities Concini returns to Paris He is abandoned by the Prince de Condé He is compelled to retire His forebodings He endeavours to induce Leonora to leave France She refuses Increasing influence of De Luynes Death of Mademoiselle d'Ancre Despair of Concini Ambitious projects of the Prince de Condé Devotion of Sully His advice is disregarded Popularity of Condé Marie de Medicis resolves to arrest him He disbelieves the rumour The other Princes withdraw from the capital The King is induced to sanction the arrest Dissimulation of Louis XIII Arrest of Condé Fearless reply of M. du Vair The Prince is conveyed to the Bastille A batch of Marshals Noble disinterestedness of Bassompierre The Dowager Princess of Condé endeavours to excite the populace to rescue her son The mob pillage the hôtel of the Maréchal d'Ancre The Queen-mother negotiates with the Guises The council of war The seals are transferred from Du Vair to Mangot Richelieu is appointed Secretary of State Concini returns to Court The Maréchale d'Ancre becomes partially insane Popular execration of the Italian favourites Subtle policy of Richelieu Threatening attitude assumed by the Princes.
It ought not to be unpleasant to say that which one honestly believes or disbelieves. That it so constantly is painful to do so, is quite enough obstacle to the progress of mankind in that most valuable of all qualities, honesty of word or of deed, without erecting a sad concomitant of human weakness into something to be admired and cherished.
In virtue itself she believes, as astronomers for example believe in the precession of the equinox; but that the rank and file of human beings, and especially learned human beings, have attained to the very vaguest understanding of it she scornfully disbelieves.
The old gentleman, having little to do, talked more than heretofore, and, like fathers, talked about his son, and, unlike sons, cried him up at his own expense. The world is not very incredulous; above all, it never disbelieves a man who calls himself a fool. Having then gained the public ear by the artifice of self-depreciation, he poured into it the praises of Hardie junior.
Most beliefs about nature and man, which were not founded on scientific observation, have served directly or indirectly religious and social interests, and hence they have been protected by force against the criticisms of persons who have the inconvenient habit of using their reason. Nobody minds if his neighbour disbelieves a demonstrable fact.
Such a man finds it convenient to profess a lax version of the popular religion, and he usually does so, and invariably he wants his children "taught" religion, because he so utterly disbelieves in God, goodness, and spirituality that he cannot imagine young people doing even enough right to keep healthy and prosperous, unless they are humbugged into it.
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