“The doctrine of the Kingdom of Heaven, which was the main teaching of Jesus, is certainly one of the most revolutionary doctrines that ever stirred and changed human thought.”

—  H. G. Wells, book The Outline of History

Source: The Outline of History (1920), Ch. 28

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