None speak of the bravery, the might, or the intellect of Jesus; but the devil is always imagined as a being of acute intellect, political cunning, and the fiercest courage. These universal and instinctive tendencies of the human mind reveal much.

Lydia Maria Child (1802–1880) American abolitionist, activist, journalist, suffragist

Letters from New-York, # 34, 1843-01 “Woman’s Rights” (1843)
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