James Hudson Taylor (1832–1905) Missionary in China
(J. Hudson Taylor. Fruit Bearing. Philadelphia: Overseas Missionary Fellowship).
“It is for him that is lonely or in prison to dream of fellowship, but for him that is of a fellowship to do and not to dream.”
— William Morris, book A Dream of John Ball
Source: A Dream of John Ball (1886), Ch. 4: The Voice of John Ball
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Original: (de) "Glaubt mir, des Menschen wahrster Wahn
wird ihm im Traume aufgetan:
all' Dichtkunst und Poeterei
ist nichts als Wahrtraumdeuterei."
Source: Quotes from his operas, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Hans Sachs, Act 3, Scene 2
