.. so I think. I wish you cared as
little for the form in which a truth is told as I do. On the whole, you see,
I think I shall manage to plant your theology in such soil this spring that
the garden will be fruitful. On the whole I'm a believer in Churches of all
sorts and their usefulness to the State. Your present use is out-worn. Have
I found you in this the beginnings of a new one?
CANTELUPE. The Church says: Thank you, it is a very old one.
TREBELL. [_Winding up the interview._] To be sure, for practical politics
our talk can be whittled down to your accepting the secular solution for
Primary Schools, if you're given these colleges under such statutes as you
and I shall agree upon.
CANTELUPE. And the country will accept.
TREBELL. The country will accept any measure if there's enough money in it
to bribe all parties fairly.
CANTELUPE. You expect very little of the constancy of my Church to her
Faith, Mr. Trebell.
TREBELL. I have only one belief myself. That is in human progress--yes,
progress--over many obstacles and by many means. I have no ideals. I believe
it is statesmanlike to use all the energy you find ... turning it into the
nearest channel that points forward.
CANTELUPE. Forward to what?
TREBELL. I don't know ... and my caring doesn't matter. We do know ... and
if we deny it it's only to be encouraged by contradiction ... that the
movement is forward and with some gathering purpose.
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