The awful and ethical allegory of Deuteronomy Smith / [by a student of medicine].

  • Henry, Thomas J.
Date:
[1892?]
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Credit: The awful and ethical allegory of Deuteronomy Smith / [by a student of medicine]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    And whosoever walked with these women could not hope to do anything that was good. But the young men of the Temples of Learning were wise and spake not unto the strange women, nor hearkened when they called. And when Deuteronomy first heard men speak of the Temple of Bacchus and of the street of the Princes, he said, Lo! I will not approach unto the doors of that temple though its glitter be great, neither will I walk by night in the street of the Princes though its light be brighter than the day. But by day I will sit within the Temples of Learning, and hearken unto the teachings of the elders, and by night I will stay in my own diggings and read books written by men of surpassing wisdom. (And by the word ‘ diggings ’ Deuteronomy meant the chambers wherein he lodged, for such were they called by the young men of the Temples of Learning.)