----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Grimes" <cgrimes at rawbw.com>
>
> Cassirer (Myth of State) quotes from Shakespeare's King Henry the
> Sixth in his essay on Machiavelli (Richard, Duke of Gloucester):
>
> ``Why, I can smile and murder whiles I smile,
> And cry Content to that which grieves my heart,
> And wet my cheeks with artificial tears,
> And frame my face to all occasions.
> I'll drown more sailors than the mermaid shall;
> I'll play the orator as well as Nestor,
> Deceive more slily than Ulysses could;
> And like a Sinon, take another Troy.
> I can add colours to the chameleon,
> Change shapes with Proteus for advantages,
> And set the murderous Machiavel to school.''
>
> So, perhaps these inversions are merely the very business of state
> (Machiavelli's point?). That conclusion would certainly be a regret.
>
> Chuck Grimes
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Bingo! You and all non-Machiavellians regret; the disciples of M pour themselves a drink --or if they're like Dubya have sobered up and moved onto another tool for self-managing their non-M moments-- and keep on keepin' on.
Ian