Ar-Lamech of Sirap's Songs Rescued from the Deluge

-able is it sometimes to the author, and that is exactly the case here.

Our age is truly so generally corrupt that one cannot write anything—absolutely nothing—without bumping into something here and there and causing an unpleasant sensation, which can have unpleasant consequences for the author; and Ar-LamechAr-Lamech is presented here as the original author of the work; this may be a pseudonym or a reference to a fictionalized ancient source, common in 18th-century literature to provide a "mask" for social critique. is exactly the man—he wrote at a time when people, however vicious they were, still allowed the truth to be told to them without stoning the preacher, and caused him no other trouble than that they did not respect him—who least spares the delicacy of his readers. He took the truth from the heart, and told it to people freely, and with a loud voice to their faces.

Now, however, the times are worse, and in this regard, I believe, it found