MomBearTo4 Posted November 27, 2021 Group: Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 39 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 44 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/15/2021 Status: Offline Share Posted November 27, 2021 I recently decided to start reading through the entire set of Harvard Classics, thankfully available by download these days, and got to this statement by William Penn today, which seems like it could have been written yesterday. ’T is very observable, if our Civil Rights are invaded or incroach’d upon, we are mightily touch’d, and fill every Place with our Resentment and Complaint; while we suffer our selves, our Better and Nobler Selves, to be the Property and Vassals of Sin, the worst of Invaders. -- William Penn (1644–1718), in Some Fruits of Solitude 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not me Posted November 27, 2021 Group: Royal Member Followers: 14 Topic Count: 514 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 3,195 Content Per Day: 1.44 Reputation: 3,358 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/06/2018 Status: Offline Share Posted November 27, 2021 5 hours ago, MomBearTo4 said: I recently decided to start reading through the entire set of Harvard Classics, thankfully available by download these days, and got to this statement by William Penn today, which seems like it could have been written yesterday. ’T is very observable, if our Civil Rights are invaded or incroach’d upon, we are mightily touch’d, and fill every Place with our Resentment and Complaint; while we suffer our selves, our Better and Nobler Selves, to be the Property and Vassals of Sin, the worst of Invaders. -- William Penn (1644–1718), in Some Fruits of Solitude I do prefer the older writers, to me, there seems to be more food therein, Penn being one… Blessings, yes, it does seems truth has a way of keep presenting itself… A fellow follower of His, Not me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts