george of cappadocia, born at epiphania in cilicia, was a low parasite, who got a lucrative contract to supply the army with bacon. a rogue and informer, he got rich, & was forced to run from justice. he saved his money, embraced arianism, collected a library, and got promoted by a faction to the episcopal throne of alexandria.
amerigo vespucci, the pickle~dealer at seville, who went out, in 1499, a subaltern with hojeda, & whose highest naval rank was boatswain’s mate in an expedition that never sailed, managed in this lying world … to baptize half the earth with his own dishonest name.
thus nobody can throw stones. we are equally badly off in our founders; & the false pickle-dealer is an offset to the false bacon-seller.
