"This is the sin against the Holy Ghost:--To speak of bloody power as right devine,
And call on God to guard each vile chief's house,
And for such chiefs, turn men to wolves and swine."
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Quotation for Tuesday
I thought of the poet Vachel Lindsay after posting my comments about Mark Harris the other day (Harris wrote a biography of Lindsay, though I haven't read it), and found this segment of his poem "The Unpardonable Sin" worth sharing:
"This is the sin against the Holy Ghost:--
To speak of bloody power as right devine,
And call on God to guard each vile chief's house,
And for such chiefs, turn men to wolves and swine."
"This is the sin against the Holy Ghost:--To speak of bloody power as right devine,
And call on God to guard each vile chief's house,
And for such chiefs, turn men to wolves and swine."
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