Stacy, Walter P -- State v. Beal, 199 N.C. 278 (1930)

Dave — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 12:06:11 +0000

It would be almost unbelievable, if history did not record the tragic fact that men have gone to war and cut each other’s throat because they could not agree as to what was to become of them after their throats were cut. Many sins have been committed in the name of religion. Alas! the spirit of proscription is never kind. It is the unhappy quality of religious disputes that they are always bitter. For some reason, too deep to fathom, men contend more furiously over the road to heaven, which they cannot see, than over their visible walks on earth.

Walter P. Stacy (1884-1951) American jurist
State v. Beal, 199 N.C. 278 (1930)
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Keller, Helen -- “Optimism,” part 2 (1903)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

No loss of flood and lightning, no destruction of cities and temples by hostile forces of nature, has deprived man of so many noble lives and impulses as those which his intolerance has destroyed.

Helen Keller (1880-1968) American author and lecturer
“Optimism,” part 2 (1903)
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WIST Quotations

Stacy, Walter P -- State v. Beal, 199 N.C. 278 (1930)

Keller, Helen -- “Optimism,” part 2 (1903)