" "Tis Madness to resist or blame/The force of angry Heavens flame."

We are reading a biography of Andrew Marvell and trying to imagine what he would have thought of the preposterous Gibson movie on Jesus Christ. A resident of 17th century Hull, Yorkshire had more knowledge of les affaires du monde than...well, you finish the sentence......just add the myth of progress to all those others necessary for man's psychic survival. The enlightened do not require these wish fulfillment fantasies.