“But if there has been on this earth no real, perfect human life, no love that never cooled, no faith that never failed, which may shine as a loadstar across the darkness of our experience, a light to light amidst all convictions of our own meanness and all suspicions of other's littleness, why, we may have a religion, but we have not a Christianity. For if we lose Him as a Brother, we cannot feel Him as a Saviour.” IfsFeelsHumansMayHas BeensRealLightEarthLosesPerfectChristianityDarknessBrotherShiningConvictionHuman LifeSuspicionSaviourNo LoveMeanness Book:Sermons Preached at Brighton Source: Sermons Preached at Brighton
“When I first heard from the lips of Lucretia Mott that I had the same right to think for myself that Luther, Calvin, and John Knox had, and the same right to be guided by my own convictions, and would no doubt live a higher, happier life than if guided by theirs, it was like suddenly coming into the rays of the noon-day sun, after wandering with a rushlight in the caves the earth.” IfsThinkingFirstsEarthMy OwnSunDoubtHeardAtheismHigherLipsConvictionWanderNo DoubtRaysCavesLutherNoonHappier Life Book:History of woman suffrage Source: History of woman suffrage