“No doubt one may quote history to support any cause, as the devil quotes scripture; but modern history is not a very satisfactory side-arm in political polemics; it grows less and less so.” MayPoliticalGrowsCausesSidesSupportDoubtModernArmsDevilScriptureNo DoubtModern HistoryPolemics Book:The Spirit of Liberty: Papers and Addresses Source: The Spirit of Liberty: Papers and Addresses
“So give me the political economist, the sanitary reformer, the engineer; and take your saints and virgins, relics and miracles. The spinning-jenny and the railroad, Cunard's liners and the electric telegraph, are to me, if not to you, signs that we are, on some points at least, in harmony with the universe; that there is a mighty spirit working among us, who cannot be your anarchic and destroying Devil, and therefore may be the Ordering and Creating God.” IfsGivingMayPoliticalSpiritUniverseCreatingDevilMiracleGive MeHarmonySaintDestroyingEngineersElectricVirginsEconomistSpinningRailroadsReformersRelicsTelegraphJennySanitary Book:The Works of Charles Kingsley: Yeast Source: The Works of Charles Kingsley: Yeast