Hurrah! It’s war! War!

Dr. Stockmann.

I shall smite them to the earth, I shall crush them, I shall level their entrenchments to the ground in the eyes of all right-thinking men! That’s what I shall do!

Aslaksen.

But above all things be temperate, Doctor; bombard with moderation——

Billing.

Not at all, not at all! Don’t spare the dynamite!

Dr. Stockmann.

[Going on imperturbably.] For now it’s no mere question of water-works and sewers, you see. No, the whole community must be purged, disinfected——

Billing.