"...So Englishmen saw it. Lincoln's insincerity was regarded……" — Sheldon Vanauken
"...So Englishmen saw it. Lincoln's insincerity was regarded as proven by two things: his earlier denial of any lawful right or wish to free the slaves; and, especially, his not freeing the slaves in 'loyal' Kentucky and other United States areas or even in Confederate areas occupied by United States troops, such as New Orleans."
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A man in the jungle at night, as someone said, may suppose a hyena's growl to be a lion's; but…
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Both Heaven and Hell are retroactive, all of one's life will eventually be known to have been one or the…
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Signs must be read with caution. The history of Christendom is replete with instances of people who misread the signs.
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But Love is the final reality; and anyone who does not understand this, be he writer or sage, is a…
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God gives us many gifts, but never permanence; that we must seek in his arms.
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Not only are we harried by time, we seem unable, despite a thousand generations, even to get used to it.…
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Art is first a seeing and then a revealing
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It is not possible to be incidentally a Christian. The fact of Christianity must be overwhelmingly first or nothing.
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Religiously, we longed for the lively life in Christ, but we did not fully see that we were equally longing…
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But I was not obeying the first and greatest commandment - to love God first - nor is it clear…
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It is not possible to be 'incidentally a Christian.' The fact of Christianity must be overwhelmingly first or nothing. This…
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The adult must seem to mislead the child, and the Master the dog. They misread the signs. Their ignorance and…
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