"We might not object to the statement that Lear deserved to suffer for his folly, selfishness and tyranny; but to assert that he deserved to suffer what he did suffer is to do violence not merely to language but to any healthy moral sense"

This quote by Andrew Coyle Bradley is recommending that although it is reasonable to think that King Lear should have to endure for his errors, it is also severe to state that he deserved to suffer as long as he did. Bradley is suggesting that it is wrong to assume that Lear deserved to experience to such a severe degree, as it goes against any healthy ethical feeling. He is suggesting that it is as well severe to think that Lear deserved to endure as high as he did, which it is not simply a matter of language, yet of morality. Bradley is indicating that although Lear should have to endure for his mistakes, it is incorrect to assume that he should have to suffer as high as he did.