Perhaps the best commentary of all is that contained in the two lines of Chaucer’s Troilus and Cresseide , II 1385⁠—aptly quoted by Mr. Gary:⁠—

“For swifter course cometh thing that is of wight,

Whan it descendeth, than done thinges light.”

“For swifter course cometh thing that is of wight, Whan it descendeth, than done thinges light.”

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