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Wisdom And Folly.
WISDOM AND FOLLY .
A VISION . No . iv . CONTINUED FlCOM OUR LAST . HPHERE entered , not far from the Covenanter , a man with an ex-A ciseman ' rod in his handswho proclaim d aloudthat all who
s , , wore black coats are wicked ; especially those that had COXICAL CAPS , ' Damn all that wear diadems 1 ' exclaimed the man— ( her Majesty , to please him , laid aside tier ' s , and clapped a red nightcap on her head ;— ' damn all conical caps ! damn tiie old book ! ' Tom Topsyturvy , ( the damning man ) though a most strenuous friend and promoter of the interests of Folly , though the reviler of the Wise , would her Citizen Foll
not suffer Folly to be stiledQueen , but called y . Her Majesty , satisfied with the real homage of Tom , ( the greater compliment , as he is not a native ) does not dispute about titles . Tom wrote many books , delig htful to numbers of Fools : though large and voluminous , the whole matter mig ht be compressed into a few words . Whatever is old is bad , because old ; whatever is new is good , because new : why the devil should a mountain be higher than a molehill ? whv the devil should an elephant be larger than a
mouse ? Make the mouse equal to the elephant . So says 1 , Tom Topsy-turvv . What is up must be down ; what is down must be up . UP WITH FOLLY , DOWN WITH W ISDOM ; DAMN WISDOM , SAYS f , THOMAS TOPSY-TURVY . Shoemakers , leave your lasts ; Taylors , your boards ; Blacksmiths , your anvils ; let your wives and children starve , so will you prove yourselves members of the republic of Folly , stultan citizenshi
so worthy to receive the paternal embrace of p . Join with me in the chorus ; say after me , Damn all diadems , & c . & c . To LEVEL Wisdom with Folly was Thomas's great object ; he was , I learned , assisted bv some deserters from Wisdom , and many native Fools . Of this last set was John Bawl-will , who had received his education in the domains of Ignorance , so that art added to his natuto Thomas in
ral fitness for serving Folly . John left his craft , join the damning chorus . Thomas ordered him to collect from history instances of the said damnings , and call the damnings , so repeated , Lectures on Classical History . But poor John knew nothing of history , and fell into so gross blunders , that even his hearers , the Fools , found him out ; were ashamed of him , and left off him and his Classical Lectures ! Thomas called John Bawlweil His parrot , because
he repeated whatever he heard him say . 'Though Thomas Topsy-turvy and Co . ' my Guide told me , 'be against Wisdom , they are not friendly to all Fools ; only to their own . set . You may observe other sets of Fools scowling at these . ' 'Yes , ' I replied , ' I see the Black-coats , whom you described , looking with great rage at Topsy and his attendants . ' ' An acquaintance of your ' s , ' said my Guide , ' observes , that as there are non i who . complain more of VOL . x » ? f ,
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Wisdom And Folly.
WISDOM AND FOLLY .
A VISION . No . iv . CONTINUED FlCOM OUR LAST . HPHERE entered , not far from the Covenanter , a man with an ex-A ciseman ' rod in his handswho proclaim d aloudthat all who
s , , wore black coats are wicked ; especially those that had COXICAL CAPS , ' Damn all that wear diadems 1 ' exclaimed the man— ( her Majesty , to please him , laid aside tier ' s , and clapped a red nightcap on her head ;— ' damn all conical caps ! damn tiie old book ! ' Tom Topsyturvy , ( the damning man ) though a most strenuous friend and promoter of the interests of Folly , though the reviler of the Wise , would her Citizen Foll
not suffer Folly to be stiledQueen , but called y . Her Majesty , satisfied with the real homage of Tom , ( the greater compliment , as he is not a native ) does not dispute about titles . Tom wrote many books , delig htful to numbers of Fools : though large and voluminous , the whole matter mig ht be compressed into a few words . Whatever is old is bad , because old ; whatever is new is good , because new : why the devil should a mountain be higher than a molehill ? whv the devil should an elephant be larger than a
mouse ? Make the mouse equal to the elephant . So says 1 , Tom Topsy-turvv . What is up must be down ; what is down must be up . UP WITH FOLLY , DOWN WITH W ISDOM ; DAMN WISDOM , SAYS f , THOMAS TOPSY-TURVY . Shoemakers , leave your lasts ; Taylors , your boards ; Blacksmiths , your anvils ; let your wives and children starve , so will you prove yourselves members of the republic of Folly , stultan citizenshi
so worthy to receive the paternal embrace of p . Join with me in the chorus ; say after me , Damn all diadems , & c . & c . To LEVEL Wisdom with Folly was Thomas's great object ; he was , I learned , assisted bv some deserters from Wisdom , and many native Fools . Of this last set was John Bawl-will , who had received his education in the domains of Ignorance , so that art added to his natuto Thomas in
ral fitness for serving Folly . John left his craft , join the damning chorus . Thomas ordered him to collect from history instances of the said damnings , and call the damnings , so repeated , Lectures on Classical History . But poor John knew nothing of history , and fell into so gross blunders , that even his hearers , the Fools , found him out ; were ashamed of him , and left off him and his Classical Lectures ! Thomas called John Bawlweil His parrot , because
he repeated whatever he heard him say . 'Though Thomas Topsy-turvy and Co . ' my Guide told me , 'be against Wisdom , they are not friendly to all Fools ; only to their own . set . You may observe other sets of Fools scowling at these . ' 'Yes , ' I replied , ' I see the Black-coats , whom you described , looking with great rage at Topsy and his attendants . ' ' An acquaintance of your ' s , ' said my Guide , ' observes , that as there are non i who . complain more of VOL . x » ? f ,