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To: SunkenCiv
Cacambo to the Oreillons, who have found Candide wearing a Jesuit habit and are shouting "let's eat Jesuit! Let's eat Jesuit!"

"...you think you're going to have Jesuit today. That's fine by me. Nothing could be fairer than to treat your enemies this way. The laws of nature do indeed tell us to kill our neighbor, and this is the way people behave thoughout the world. If we ourselves do not exercise our right to eat our neighbor, that's because we've got better things to et. But you haven't the same resources as we have. Certainly it is better to eat one's enemies than to leave the fruits of one's victory for the rooks and the crows."

--Voltaire, Candide, ch. 16.

5 posted on 09/10/2012 6:25:50 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

Now, jesuit a minute!


7 posted on 09/10/2012 6:28:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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