| It is the story of Samson, the mighty warrior who was betrayed by his lover, and then blinded and imprisoned by his enemies, the Philistines. |
| What could uncircumcised Philistines know about these precious realities? |
| What comfort he could have found in the slaughter of Moabites or Amalekites, or even Philistines, it is hard to imagine. |
| When the Israelites asked for a king to lead them against the Philistines, Samuel warned them that he would become a tyrant. |
| So both of them discovered themselves to the garrison of the Philistines. |
| The difficulty is to be settled not by trying to write poetry that the Philistines can understand but by outdistancing them in the very race they have set. |
