"Nature has no promise for society, least of all, any remedy for sin."

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Source : Horace Bushnell (1858). “Nature and the Supernatural: As Together Constituting the One System of God”, p.249

Horace Bushnell

#Promise Quotes #Sin Quotes #Remedy Quotes

“No man should marry until he has studied anatomy and dissected at least one woman.”
“I don't know why I have these dreams. I've never wanted to be Pope. In fact, I have a greater affinity to Martin Luther.”
“Holy Moses on a pogo stick!!”
“You may talk about Free Love, if you please, but we are to have the right to vote. To-day we are fined, imprisoned, and hanged, without a jury trial by our peers. You shall not cheat us by getting us off to talk about something else. When we get the suffrage, then you may taunt us with anything you please, and we will then talk about it as long as you please.”
“Our patterns are well established, seductive, and comforting. Just wanting for them to be ventilated isn't enough. Those of us who struggle with this know.”
“When it finally came my way and doors opened up for me to do it and to be on stage, it felt like a natural thing to try out. And it just so happened to speak to me. I really couldn't do what I needed to do in the most fulfilling way in Hayward, Calif., or in the Bay Area, that it required me to go off to NYU.”
“It is impossible to pursue a successful literary career and follow the advice of all one's 'best friends'.I feel compelled to follow the light which my own intellect & judgement cast upon my way, rather than any one of the many conflicting rays which other minds would lend me.”
“We are also looking to Canada as we continue to integrate the North American energy market.”

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