...which I did the murder@ My crown, mine own ambition, and my queen. May one be pardon'd and retain th' offence? In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's...the action lies In his true nature, and we ourselves compell'd Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults To give in evidence. What then? What rests?...

...complete divorce between divine comfort and human politics: May one be pardoned, and retain th'offence? In the corrupted currents of this world, Offence's...prize itself Buys out the law; but tis not so above, (III, iii, 56-60) Claudius as king is cut off from unconscious healing by his refusal to atone. By...

...did the murder; My crown, mine own ambition, and my queen; May one be pardoned and retain th'offence? In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's...prize itself Buys out the law. But 'tis not so above, 60 There is no shuffling, there the action lies In his true nature, and we ourselves compelled Even...

...from a superior authority not subject to human weakness. In the words of Shakespeare's king in Hamlet: In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's...shuffling, there the action lies In his true nature SOME CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF AUTHORITY AND POWER By guile, propaganda, and organizational means, a leader...

...helps to interpret Henry's prayer: 158 John D. Cox In the corrupted currents of this world Offense's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen...teeth and forehead of our faults, To give in evidence. (3.3.57-64) This is a point that Henry V never acknowledges, in his prayer or otherwise: that whereas...