Produce to our sight the tricks ye’ve in your hands.”
The honour thus paid was a slur on their faith,
Removing contention from out of their path.
When they had perceived what was thus due to him,
They error acknowledged, though somewhat too dim.
The “perfect man” ’s free both to eat and to speak.[214]
If thou art “imperfect,” eat, speak not, in freak.75
Thou art but an ear. He’s a tongue;—not like thee.
To ear was addressed God’s word: “Silent be.”[215]
A newly-born infant, still sucking the breast,