Why should we not? Has wrong such lovely smiles
And loving tones, that men should long for it?
The harm is in the lie that masks the sin.”
“And yet,” I said, “the young—the prejudiced”—
“For their sake,” said he, “wisdom may be wise
In what it screens from folly.—Yet you know
The crime of Socrates,—‘corrupting youth’?
The tale is old; this lying world wants liars,
But what of that? The Christs lie not: they die.
Our God is great. I deem Him great enough