“One may as well preach a respectable mythology as anything else.”
Mary Augusta Ward book Robert Elsmere
Robert Elsmere, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Quotes from bookRobert Elsmere
Robert Elsmere is a novel by Mrs. Humphry Ward published in 1888. It was immediately successful, quickly selling over a million copies and gaining the admiration of Henry James.
“This Laodicean cant of tolerance.”
Mary Augusta Ward book Robert Elsmere
Robert Elsmere. Book ii. Chap. xii, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“All things change, creeds and philosophies and outward systems — but God remains.”
Mary Augusta Ward book Robert Elsmere
Robert Elsmere. Book iv. Chap. xxvi, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Truth has never been, can never be, contained in any one creed or system.”
Mary Augusta Ward book Robert Elsmere
Robert Elsmere. Book vi. Chap. xxxviii, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
