M. Yea.
W. Then consistency will not change thy wrong. Consistency is agreement; and when thou sayest, I have done wrong, it is inconsistent with wrong to do right. Consistency is to do wrong, because wrong has been done. Wouldst thou recommend consistency with wrong?
M. Nay; but I do not like inconsistency.
W. Inconsistency with what?
M. I do not like a mind that is constantly changing. I know not where to find a mind that is blown about by every wind that blows.
W. The wind bloweth where it listeth; thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst thou tell whence it cometh, or whither it goeth?
M. I see not whence it cometh, nor whither it goeth.
W. Suppose thou art informed that it cometh from the east, when it cometh from the west, would thy information be consistent with thy experience?
M. Nay.
W. When thou asketh me what my mother told me, what was thy object?