Charles Caleb Colton
English cleric, writer and collector, well known for his eccentricities.If martyrdom is now on the decline, it is not because martyrs are less zealous, but because martyr-mongers are more wise. The light of intellect has put out the fire of persecution, as other fires are observed to smoulder before the light of the same. /martyrdom/ Charles Caleb Colton quotes
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