Might it not have been enough to have pointed out the abuse, and to have made a strong representation to the authorities?
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
Nothing but the choicest thing of its kind in dramatic representation is permitted,-only the best ballet and opera, aided by the most admirable scenery and mechanical effects.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
Now some persons may be ready enough to admit this claim as a thing which it is eminently desirable to see realized, who will yet demur to the representation of it as a right, which puts society under a corresponding obligation.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae