Excerpt from The Devil's Law Case By John Webster Romelio. O, my lord, lie not idle The chiefest action for a man of great spirit Is, never to be out of action. We should think The soul was never put into the body, Which has so many rare and curious pieces Of mathematical motion, to stand still. Virtue is ever sowing of her seeds In the trenches for the soldier ; in the wakeful study For the scholar ; in the furrows of the sea For men of our profession : of all which Arise and spring up honour. Source: English Literature: An Illustrated Record. Vol II, part II. Richard Garnett and Edmund Gosse, Eds. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1904. 336. Site copyright © 1996-1999 Anniina Jokinen. All Rights Reserved. Created by Anniina Jokinen on December 15, 1999.