Little journeys to the homes of eminent orators . ats that theyare honorable men, and to reiterate that a man ishonorable is to admit that possibly he is not. The adlof defense implies guilt—and to turn defense intoaccusation through pity and love for the one wrongedis the supreme task of oratory. From love of Caesar to hate for Brutus and Cassius isbut a step—panic takes the place of confidence amongthe conspirators—they slink away. The spirit of themob is uppermost—the only honor left to Caesar is 48 MARK ANTONY the funeral pyre. Benches are torn up, windows pulled from their fastenings, eve
Little journeys to the homes of eminent orators . ats that theyare honorable men, and to reiterate that a man ishonorable is to admit that possibly he is not. The adlof defense implies guilt—and to turn defense intoaccusation through pity and love for the one wrongedis the supreme task of oratory. From love of Caesar to hate for Brutus and Cassius isbut a step—panic takes the place of confidence amongthe conspirators—they slink away. The spirit of themob is uppermost—the only honor left to Caesar is 48 MARK ANTONY the funeral pyre. Benches are torn up, windows pulled from their fastenings, every available combustible is added to the pile, and the body of Caesar—he alone calm and untroubled amid all this mad mob—is placed upon this improvised throne of death. Torches flare and the pile is soon in flames. Night comes on, and the same torches that touched to red the funeral couch of Caesar, hunt out the houses of the conspirators who killed him. But the conspirators have fled. One man is supreme, and that man is Mark MARK ANTONY 49
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