December 25, 2008
I rejoice in the full and unquestionable testimony which certifies the sufferings of the Martyrs; as the most undeniable merit of the human race; it proves the existence of a consistency and force of character which might else to common minds appear chimerical…In those moments when a desperate view of the wrong side of the society will sometimes totally unsettle our convictions, and reason almost leans to doubt and Atheism, because the world is frail or mad, this saving recollection comes up like an angel of light to assure us that man have suffered the fierceness of the torture, have endured, and died for the faith…To keep inviolate the divine law, they have broken over the law of nature and the native fears of man and have dared to immolate this mysterious existence and try to the gulfs of futurity…
Emerson - Journals Volume I
Posted by amin at December 25, 2008 12:46 PM