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1930 · PDF PAGE 16

The Banned Lecture

… obviously required. Did the disappearance of the first four hundred, say, put no parents on their guard ? I think, at the best, it is a case of little Tommy who told his mother that there were millions of cats on the wall of the back garden, but under cross- examination, in the style made popular by the dialogue of Lot with Almighty God, admitted that it was “ Tom and another.” Of course, it will be obvious to you by this time that I have been seduced by Jewish gold, and the only way that I can think of to disarm your suspicions is to bring fo…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 4

The Banned Lecture

… No ! No ! that would be quite impossible bad manners. I shall assume that you know everything about Gilles de Rais ; and that being the case, it would evidently be impertinent for me to tell you anything about him. So that we can consider the lecture at an end, and (after the usual vote of thanks) pass on immediately to the discussion, which I think ought to be more amusing, if scarcely as informative.

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1930 · PDF PAGE 10

The Banned Lecture

…Even so, as late as 300 years ago, it was not considered very gentlemanly to be able to read and write. I am not sure that it is. In any case, it is a great error in education to teach these things. Grammar, we must never forget, appears in the word “ Gramarye,” beloved of Sir Walter Scott, and “ grimoire,” a black magical ritual—that is to say, any written document. Precious little knowledge filtered through Chris- tianity. It was against the interests of the Church, and in those times it was much easier to suppress people and ideas than it is…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 15

The Banned Lecture

…s de Rais is therefore just this general accusation against anyone in Christendom who exhibited any desire for know- ledge. Only, in his case, it was concentrated and exaggerated to fantastic lengths by some factor or other on which I feel it useless to speculate. The

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