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An Enemy of Society 3<)
Burgomaster. Idle fancies or something worse.
The man who makes such offensive insinuations against
his own native place must be an enemy of society.
Dr. Stockmann. And I must bear such treatment!
In my own house. Katrine! What do you think of it?
Mrs. Stockmann. Indeed, it is a shame and an insult,
Thomas . . . But, after all, your brother has the
power
Dr. Stockmann. Yes, but I have tne right!
Mrs. Stockmann. Ah, yes, right, right! What is the
good of being right when you haven t any might?
Dr. Stockmann. What! No good in a free society to
have right on your side? You are absurd, Katrine. And
besides, haven t I the free and independent press with me ?
The compact majority behind me? That s might enough,
I should think!
Katrine Stockmann is wiser than her husband.
For he who has no might need hope for no right.
The good Doctor has to drink the bitter cup to the
last drop before he realizes the wisdom of his
wife.
Threatened by the authorities and repudiated
by the People s Messenger, Dr. Stockmann at
tempts to secure a hall wherein to hold a public
meeting. A free-born citizen, he believes in the
Constitution and its guarantees; he is determined
to maintain his right of free expression. But like
so many others, even most advanced liberals
blinded by the spook of constitutional rights and
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