Quote#Time
If it is permitted to the enlightened but baffled Statesman, when…
Quote byJames Martineau · 1805–1900
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Hours of Thought on Sacred Things (1879), Vol II, pp. 189–190..
English (original)
If it is permitted to the enlightened but baffled Statesman, when deserted and fallen from his place, to appeal from the voices of the moment to the judgment of more impartial times, with what right can we call in question the loftier form of the same prophetic trust which looks to a present God rather than to future men?
— James Martineau
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