SHAKSPEARE SAID IT FIRST.
In one of Clough’s letters he tells an amusing story of a Calvinistic old lady, who, on being asked about the Universalists, observed,—“Yes, they expect that everybody will be saved, but we look for better things.” How like this is to the admirable confusion of Sir Andrew Aguecheek, who, in his letter of challenge, (Twelfth Night, iii. 4,) concludes thus:—
“Fare thee well, and God have mercy upon one of our souls!
He may have mercy upon mine; but my hope is better!”