A General Monologue from The Light Shines in Darkness

From The Light Shines in Darkness by Leo, graf Tolstoy

male · defiant · 1:08 min

Of course he must be arguing! Putting his own interpretations! ADJUTANT (goes on reading) "The Gospel says: 'Swear not at all, but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; and what is more than these is of the evil one!' St. James's Epistle says: 'Before all things, brethren, swear not by the heavens nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay, that ye fall not into temptation!' But apart from the fact that the Bible gives us such clear injunctions not to swear--or even if it contained no such injunctions--I should still be unable to swear to obey the will of men, because as a Christian I must always obey the will of God, which does not always coincide with the will of men."

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