Bizarro Addendum

(See the Lives of the Fathers of the Desert, and the authors quoted by A. Maury, Magie, 317.)

'In the fourth century the Messalians, believing themselves to be full of demons, were constantly blowing their noses, and spitting unceasingly, in their incredible efforts to expectorate these.'

Ibid AD NAUSEUM:

'If in God's infinite goodness there is room for the lowliest, if He ever seems to have a preference for such out of pity, why should not my ass be allowed in church? He has his defects, no doubt,—which makes him only the more like me. He is a sturdy fellow to work, but ... he is intractable and obstinate, in one word, he is my very counterpart.'