Mandell Creighton (1843–1901) English historian and ecclesiastic
Persecution and Tolerance, Hulsean Lectures, University of Cambridge (Winter 1893–94)
“He that hath truth on his side is a fool as well as a coward if he is afraid to own it because fo other mens's opinions.”
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Context: If God promise riches, the way thereto is poverty. Whom he loveth, him he chasteneth: whom he exalteth, he casteth, down: whom he saveth, he damneth first. He bringeth no man to heaven, except he send him to hell first. If he promise life, he slayeth first: when he buildeth, he casteth all down first. He is no patcher; he cannot build on another man’s foundation.
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