...him and calls the mother that bore him blessed, when he bids Filippo Argenti begone among the other dogs. This latter case shocks our modern feelings the more rudely for the simple pathos with which Dante makes Argenti answer when asked who he was, Thou seest I am one that weeps. It is also the one that makes most strongly for the theory of Dante's personal vindictiveness, and it may count for what...