Quote#Heart
But now, the sounds of infancy, always nearest the heart, and sure to…
Quote byJohn Cunningham Geikie · 1824–1906
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 73..
English (original)
But now, the sounds of infancy, always nearest the heart, and sure to come to the lips in our deepest emotion, returned in His anguish; and in words which He had learned at His mother's knee, His heart uttered its last wail — "Eloi! Eloi! lama sabachthani?" "My God! My God! why hast Thou forsaken me?"
— John Cunningham Geikie
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