There's power in me and will to dominate
Which I must exercise, they hurt me else;
In many ways I need mankind's respect,
Obedience, and the love that's born of fear.
He wishes that he had faith—faith in anything; he understands that faith is all-important—
Enthusiasm's the best thing, I repeat.
But you cannot get faith just by wishing for it—
But paint a fire, it will not therefore burn!
He tries to imagine himself going on a crusade for truth, but he asks what there would be in it for him—
State the facts,
Read the text right, emancipate the world—
The emancipated world enjoys itself With scarce a thank-you.
Blougram told it first
It could not owe a farthing,—not to him
More than St. Paul!
So the bishop goes on with his role, but uneasily conscious of the contempt of intellectual people.
I pine among my million imbeciles
(You think) aware some dozen men of sense
Eye me and know me, whether I believe
In the last winking virgin as I vow,
And am a fool, or disbelieve in her,
And am a knave.
But, as he says, you have to keep a tight hold upon the chain of faith, that is what