“The holy law of Jesus Christ governs our civilisation, but it does not yet permeate it.”
Source: Les Misérables
“It is said that the law of Christ governs European civilization. That is a lie. It shines on it's surface, but does not penetrate to it's entrails.”
Os Brâmanes (1866). p. 107
Os Brâmanes (1866)
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As quoted in England in the Eighteenth Century (1714 - 1815) (1964) by J. H. Plumb, p. 94
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This it does with some consistency and some confidence. Violation is a synonym for intercourse. At the same time, the penetration is taken to be a use, not an abuse; a normal use; it is appropriate to enter her, to push into ("violate") the boundaries of her body. She is human, of course, but by a standard that does not include physical privacy.
Source: Intercourse (1987), Chapter 7