{"id":127562,"date":"2021-03-26T14:43:56","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T19:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/?p=127562"},"modified":"2021-05-10T09:41:03","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T14:41:03","slug":"literary-footnote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/literary-footnote\/","title":{"rendered":"Literary footnote"},"content":{"rendered":"

I might have saved this for a second<\/a> of<\/a> February<\/a> one of these years. However Theodore Dalrymple mentioned it in a recent column<\/a>, so I’ll post it now.<\/p>\n

The Latest Decalogue<\/h5>\n

By Arthur Hugh Clough<\/p>\n

Thou shalt have one God only; who
\nWould be at the expense of two?
\nNo graven images may be
\nWorshipp’d, except the currency:
\nSwear not at all; for, for thy curse
\nThine enemy is none the worse:
\nAt church on Sunday to attend
\nWill serve to keep the world thy friend:
\nHonour thy parents; that is, all
\nFrom whom advancement may befall:
\nThou shalt not kill; but need’st not strive
\nOfficiously to keep alive:
\nDo not adultery commit;
\nAdvantage rarely comes of it:
\nThou shalt not steal; an empty feat,
\nWhen it’s so lucrative to cheat:
\nBear not false witness; let the lie
\nHave time on its own wings to fly:
\nThou shalt not covet; but tradition
\nApproves all forms of competition.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I might have saved this for a second of February one of these years. However Theodore Dalrymple mentioned it in a recent column, so I’ll post it now. The Latest Decalogue By Arthur Hugh Clough Thou shalt have one God only; who Would be at the expense of two? No graven images may be Worshipp’d, … Continue reading “Literary footnote”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-words"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xam3-xbs","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127562"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134039,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127562\/revisions\/134039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}