Monologue

Edward Mendip Monologue from The Mob: A Play in Four Acts

From The Mob: A Play in Four Acts by John Galsworthy

male · philosophical · 41 sec

Ah! So you actually are flesh and blood. (MORE: Yes!) Take off the martyr's shirt, Stephen. You're only flouting human nature. (MORE: So--even you defend the mob!) My dear fellow, you're up against the strongest common instinct in the world. What do you expect? That the man in the street should be a Quixote? That his love of country should express itself in philosophic altruism? What on earth do you expect? Men are very simple creatures; and Mob is just conglomerate essence of simple men.

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