As Jess watched in numb horror, the man tore a page from the book and stuffed it into his mouth.
I might, indeed, read history; but whenever I attempt to do so, I am to tell you the truth, driven from it by disgust__hat is it, but a miserably mortifying detail of crimes and follies?__f the guilt of a few, and the sufferings of many, while almost every page offers an argument in favor of what I never will believe__hat heaven created the human race only to destroy itself.
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I might, indeed, read history; but whenever I attempt to do so, I am to tell you the truth, driven from it by disgust__hat is it, but a miserably mortifying detail of crimes and follies?__f the guilt of a few, and the sufferings of many, while almost every page offers an argument in favor of what I never will believe__hat heaven created the human race only to destroy itself.
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