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He preached upon "breadth" till it argued him narrow, -- / The broad are too broad to define; / And of "truth" until it proclaimed him a liar, -- / The truth never flaunted a sign.
Simplicity fled from his counterfeit presence / As gold the pyrites would shun.
What confusion would cover the innocent Jesus / To meet so enabled a man!