“But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare and special beauty of its own; and in this respect the original Bible stands very high as a monument of sublime poetry and of artistic prose.”
— Lafcadio Hearn
Author: Lafcadio Hearn
Category: poetry
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“But what is after all the happiness of mere power? There is a greater happiness possible than to be lord of heaven and earth; that is the happiness of being truly loved.”
— Lafcadio Hearn
Author: Lafcadio Hearn
Category: power
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“Is woman a religion? Well, perhaps you will have the chance of judging for yourselves if you go to America. There you will find men treating women with just the same respect formerly accorded only to religious dignitaries or to great nobles.”
— Lafcadio Hearn
Author: Lafcadio Hearn
Category: religion
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“But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare and special beauty of its own; and in this respect the original Bible stands very high as a monument of sublime poetry and of artistic prose.”
— Lafcadio Hearn
Author: Lafcadio Hearn
Category: beauty
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“A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind.”
— Lafcadio Hearn
Author: Lafcadio Hearn
Category: knowledge
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