Ohio University bulletin Summer school, 1909 . o that effect. Pos-sibly he would have his arguments summar-ized in this inevitable form:Charles I. was a tyrant,Milton joined the rebellion against him;Satan led a rebellion against God,Therefore, Miltons sympathies were withSatan. Bagehot says, It is always clear that thedevils are the weaker, but it is never clearthat the angels are the better. In variouspassages, Milton depicts the angels as beingstronger by virtue of their being their many characteristics are love,purity, obedience; see Book TV. The senti-ment of the devils is we
Ohio University bulletin Summer school, 1909 . o that effect. Pos-sibly he would have his arguments summar-ized in this inevitable form:Charles I. was a tyrant,Milton joined the rebellion against him;Satan led a rebellion against God,Therefore, Miltons sympathies were withSatan. Bagehot says, It is always clear that thedevils are the weaker, but it is never clearthat the angels are the better. In variouspassages, Milton depicts the angels as beingstronger by virtue of their being their many characteristics are love,purity, obedience; see Book TV. The senti-ment of the devils is well voiced by Satan:Farewell remorse: all good is lost;Evil, be thou my good: by thee at leastDivided empire with heavens King I hold. The account continues; Satan is representedas the firstThat practised falsehood under saintly show. Bagehot again adds, There is no wonderthat Miltons hell is better than his heaven,for he hated officials and he loved was only a certain type of official thathe hated and only a certain type of rebel. Western Reserve OHIO UNIVERSITY BULLETIN 139
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