Bob, son of Battle . Thats aman Ive read, and read, and read. Dye ken why Ilove him as some o you do yer Bibles? Because theres ahumanity about him. A weak man hisseP, aye slippin,slippin, slippin, and tryin to haud up; sorrowin aeminute, sinnin the next; doin ill deeds and wishin emundone—just a plain human man, a sinner. And thatswhy Im thinkin hes tender for us as is like him. Heunderstood. Its what he wrote—after ain o his tumbles,Im thinkin—that I was goin to tell ye: Then gently scan yer brother man,Still gentler sister woman,Though they may gang a kennin wrang, To step aside is human— t
Bob, son of Battle . Thats aman Ive read, and read, and read. Dye ken why Ilove him as some o you do yer Bibles? Because theres ahumanity about him. A weak man hisseP, aye slippin,slippin, slippin, and tryin to haud up; sorrowin aeminute, sinnin the next; doin ill deeds and wishin emundone—just a plain human man, a sinner. And thatswhy Im thinkin hes tender for us as is like him. Heunderstood. Its what he wrote—after ain o his tumbles,Im thinkin—that I was goin to tell ye: Then gently scan yer brother man,Still gentler sister woman,Though they may gang a kennin wrang, To step aside is human— the doctrine o Charity. Gie him his chance, saysRobbie, though he be a sinner. Mony a mond be differ,mony badd be gude, gin they had but their chance. 276 FOR THE DEFENCE Gie em their chance, says he; and Im wi him. As tis,ye see me here—a bad man wi a streak o good in I d had ma chance, aiblins twad be—a good man wijust a spice o the devil in him. A the differ betune whatis and what might ha
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