Parallel HWLN 01 037

2021-09-11T00:00:00Z

Parallel “Sir, you are a wise man, learned in the law, but can you tell me whether the owl came out of the egg, or the egg out of the owl? I see you cannot answer. Let me tell you. Undoubtedly they both came into existence at the same time. When man (the owl) came into existence, the egg (the State) simultaneously appeared. I am before you because the State has become more powerful than the individual and has been throwing its eggs at the individual for ages. On the other hand, the individual often throws eggs at the State, but the State, having more eggs than anybody else, soon puts the individual out of business. If, therefore, and it’s as plain as a pikestaff, the owl (the individual) came out of the egg, instead of the egg out of the owl, it at once suggests equality of importance, and Euclid says ‘things which are equal to the same thing are equal to one another.’ The egg, the owl, the State and the individual, therefore, can claim no precedence. All are equal, or, as the lawyers say, ‘That which is void from the beginning cannot become valid by lapse of time.’ Q. E. D. Nux vomica..." (p. 74-75). Wodson, Harry Milner. The Whirlpool: Scenes from Toronto Police Court. Self-published, 1917. https://archive.org/details/whirlpoolscenesf0000wods/mode/2up