ha-melioration

Updated: May 3, 2025

Beside him was a fellow in a clown's habit who blew loudly three times upon a trumpet, which done, the man took off his hat and began to harangue the crowd, something in this wise: "I come before you, ladies and gentlemen, not for vulgar gain or, as I might say kudos, which is Eyetalian for the same not to put my hands into your pockets and rifle 'em of your honestly earned money; no, I come before you for the good of each one of you, for the easing of suffering mankind as I might say the ha-melioration of stricken humanity.

Jeffery Farnol - The Broad Highway