4548. CONCERNING A CERTAIN ONE'S SPHERE, WHICH, FROM CONFIRMED HABIT, POURED FORTH VENOMOUS SARCASMS AGAINST OTHERS. GUSTAF BENZELSTJERNA. There was a certain one, who, in the life of the body, was able to pour forth, against others, such sarcasms as could not be answered; for he so turned them, that he against whom he hurled them became, as it were, stunned, and angry that he was unable to retort. This [trait] he derived from a confirmed natural disposition of harming others, by innuendoes and the like. But, inasmuch as he supposed himself to be more learned than others, he was instigated to utter such sarcasms; one of which was shown, to wit, that he was well able to receive the opinions of a well-intentioned mind, but was ignorant where to put them away; thus ridiculing [them].