A good intention clothes itself with sudden power.

A good intention clothes itself with sudden power.

What makes like dreary is the want of motive.

What makes like dreary is the want of motive.

For there's nothing we read of in torture's inventions,
Like a well-meaning dunce, with the best of intentions.

For there's nothing we read of in torture's inventions,
Like a well-meaning dunce, with the best of intentions.

Iago's soliloquy--the motive-hunting of a motiveless
malignity--how awful it is!

Iago's soliloquy--the motive-hunting of a motiveless
malignity--how awful it is!