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> [Christianity was neither original nor unique, but that the roots of much of the Judeo/ Christian tradition lay in the prevailing Kamite (ancient Egyptian) culture of the region. We are faced with the inescapable realization that if Jesus had been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-massey/christianity-was-neither-original-nor-unique-but-that-the-roots-of/)

[Gerald Massey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-massey/)

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## More by Gerald Massey

> [Not by appointment do we meet Delight And Joy; they heed not our expectancy; But round some corner in the streets of life, They,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-massey/not-by-appointment-do-we-meet-delight-and-joy-they-heed-not-our/)

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> [The plough of Time breaks up our Eden-land, And tramples down its fruitful flowery prime. Yet thro' the dust of ages living shoots O'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-massey/the-plough-of-time-breaks-up-our-eden-land-and-tramples-down-its/)

[Gerald Massey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-massey/)

> [Not by appointment do we meet delight Or joy; they heed not our expectancy; But round some corner of the streets of life they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-massey/not-by-appointment-do-we-meet-delight-or-joy-they-heed-not-our/)

[Gerald Massey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-massey/)

> [And thou hast stolen a jewel, Death! Shall light thy dark up like a Star. A Beacon kindling from afar Our light of love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-massey/and-thou-hast-stolen-a-jewel-death-shall-light-thy-dark-up-like-a/)

[Gerald Massey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-massey/)

> [“They must find it difficult, those who have taken authority as truth, rather than truth as authority.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-massey/they-must-find-it-difficult-those-who-have-taken-authority-as-truth/)

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> [In this dim world of clouding cares, We rarely know, till wildered eyes See white wings lessening up the skies, The angels with us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-massey/in-this-dim-world-of-clouding-cares-we-rarely-know-till-wildered-eyes/)

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> [They must find it hard to take Truth for authority who have so long mistaken Authority for Truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-massey/they-must-find-it-hard-to-take-truth-for-authority-who-have-so-long/)

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> [The Future, like a fruitfuller Summer, sits Ripening her Eden silently.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-massey/the-future-like-a-fruitfuller-summer-sits-ripening-her-eden-silently/)

[Gerald Massey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-massey/)

> [When man to man shall be friend and brother.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-massey/when-man-to-man-shall-be-friend-and-brother/)

[Gerald Massey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-massey/)

> [The heart is like an instrument whose strings Steal magic music from Life's mystic frets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-massey/the-heart-is-like-an-instrument-whose-strings-steal-magic-music-from/)

[Gerald Massey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-massey/)

> [The heart is like an instrument whose strings Steal nobler music from Life's many frets: The golden threads are spun thro' Suffering's fire, Wherewith…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-massey/the-heart-is-like-an-instrument-whose-strings-steal-nobler-music-from/)

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> [I know no better way of waging the battle for Truth than arraying the facts face to face on either side and letting them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-massey/i-know-no-better-way-of-waging-the-battle-for-truth-than-arraying-the/)

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> [Our dearest hopes in pangs are born, The kingliest Kings are crown'd with thorn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-massey/our-dearest-hopes-in-pangs-are-born-the-kingliest-kings-are-crown-d/)

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> [All the rarest hues of human life take radiance and are rainbowed out in tears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-massey/all-the-rarest-hues-of-human-life-take-radiance-and-are-rainbowed-out/)

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> [Still all the day the iron wheels go onward, Grinding life down from its mark.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-massey/still-all-the-day-the-iron-wheels-go-onward-grinding-life-down-from/)

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