when . . . errors That is, when we become hardened in our vicious courses the wise gods so blind us that we lose the power of judging clearly concerning our own moral defilement, and end with adoring our very errors. I am haunted with the memory of a sentiment similar to this in the Old Testament, and mention it in the trust that some one may be more fortunate than I in recalling it. We must remember that filth, filthy, etc. are much stronger terms now than in the time of Shakespeare.—Ed.
William Shakespeare. Horace Howard Furness. A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra. Philadelphia and London. J. B. Lippincott Company. 1907.
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