William.
Yes, I have; I have a great ambition to know
everything, sir.
Dagworth.
But when our first ideas are wrong, what follows
must all be wrong, of course; 'tis best to know
a little, and to know that little aright.
William.
Then, sir, I should be glad to know if it was
not ambition that brought over our king to France
to fight for his right?
Dagworth.
Though the knowledge of that will not profit
thee much, yet I will tell you that it was ambition.
William.
Then if ambition is a sin, we are all guilty in
coming with him, and in fighting for him.
Dagworth.
Now, William, thou dost thrust the question
home; but I must tell you that guilt being an act
of the mind, none are guilty but those whose minds
are prompted by that same ambition.
