out-ishmael

Updated: May 5, 2025

Milligan was a demagogue who had twice unsuccessfully attempted to get into Parliament in the Labour interest. "Have you ever heard him?" "Heaven forbid!" said I in my pride. "Then come. He's speaking in the Hall of the Lambeth Biblical Society." I was tempted, as I wanted company. In spite of my high resolve to out-Ishmael Ishmael, I could not kill a highly developed gregarious instinct.

William John Locke - Simon the Jester