I would sooner perish for ever than stoop down before a Being who may have power to crush me, but whom my heart forbids me to reverence. (James Anthony Froude)

I would sooner perish for ever than stoop down before a Being who may have power to crush me, but whom my heart forbids me to reverence.

James Anthony Froude

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