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Thought for the Day 30 November 2009

Categorised as Thought of the Day and published Monday, November 30th, 2009
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Brothers! spare reasoning;—men have settled long / That ye are out of date, and they are wise / Use their own weapons; let your words be strong, / Your cry be loud, till each scared boaster flies; / Thus the Apostles tamed the pagan breast, / They argued not, but preach’d; and conscience did the rest.

From the poem ‘The Religion of Cain’ (1833) Click here for the full text (leaves site)