Quote#Truth
For my part, I love to stand foot to foot with an honest foeman. To…
Quote byCharles Spurgeon · 1834–1892
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Sermons (1854–1891), "Baptismal Regeneration" (June 5, 1864), Sermon 573.
English (original)
For my part, I love to stand foot to foot with an honest foeman. To open warfare, bold and true hearts raise no objections but the ground of quarrel. It is rather covert enmity which we have most cause to fear and best reason to loathe. That crafty kindness which inveigles me to sacrifice principle is the serpent in the grass -- deadly to the incautious wayfarer.
— Charles Spurgeon
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