... how can he be the Son of God when we saw him grow up in Nazereth. "Even the gods," said the poet Schiller, "fight in vain against stupidity." The Jews listening to Jesus could not see beyond the ordinary everyday. To put it simply they ... that never in all her born days had she had to sit down to tea with a private soldier. No one said anything for a moment; then Lawrence replied in fluent French: "I beg your pardon, Madame, but can I be of any use as an interpreter? Mrs. Hardy knows no French." A snobbish and ...
