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There are at bottom but two possible religions — that which rises in the moral nature of man, and which takes shape in moral commandments, and that which grows out of the observation of the material energies which operate in the external universe.

— James Anthony Froude

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I cannot think the disputes and jealousies of Heaven are tried and settled by the swords of earth.

The Nemesis of Faith (1849)

The landlord may become a direct oppressor. He may care nothing for the people, and have no object but to squeeze the most that he can out of them fairly or unfairly.

I cut a hole in my heart and wrote with the blood.

On the writing of his novel The Nemesis of Faith (1849)

Change is strong, but habit is strong too; and you cannot change the old for new, like a garment.

The Nemesis of Faith (1849)

The men that write books, Carlyle says, are now the world's priests, the spiritual directors of mankind.

The Nemesis of Faith (1849)

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The moment the idea is admitted into society, that property is not as sacred as the law of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.

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The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

Thomas Babington Macaulay History of England (1849)

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