We are to learn from hence, the Folly of an Impotent, and Inconsiderate
Anger; and that there’s no Creature so Contemptible, but by the Help of
Resolution, and of Numbers, it may Gain its Point. The Heat and Thirst
of Revenge does but Hurry People from Less Mischiefs to Greater; As
One Hasty Word, or Blow, brings on a Thousand. There’s no Opposing the
Torrent of a Head-strong Multitude; for Rage and Despair give Courage to
the most Inconsiderable, and the most Fearful of Creatures. Had it not
been Better now to have pass’d over the Affront of one Spiteful Creature,
then to Provoke and draw on upon Himself the Outrage of a Thousand?