The Swill to Believe
“A man convinced against his will
Is of the same opinion still”—
But try your best, will as you might,
You know you’ll never make it right.
A truer rhyme I now propose,
Our feckless follies to expose:
“A man convinced by simple will
Has surely swigged some sturdy swill.”
Ed Morris, 2011
(with apologies to William James, author of a famous philosophical essay entitled The Will to Believe.)
This page copyright © 2011 Edward A. Morris. Created September 25, 2011. Last updated September 26, 2011.