Quote#Remembrance
His emotions had been stormed, his intellect silenced, his memory of…
Quote byRobert Hugh Benson · 1871–1914
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Lord of the World (1907), Bk. 2, ch. 2, sec. 1 (p. 139).
English (original)
His emotions had been stormed, his intellect silenced, his memory of grace obscured, a spiritual nausea had sickened his soul, yet the secret fortress of the will had, in an agony, held fast the doors and refused to cry out and call Felsenburgh king.
— Robert Hugh Benson
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