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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