An Oration On the Life And Services of Thomas Paine
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True genius never cowers, and there is always some Samson feeling for the pillars of authority. Cathedrals and domes, and chimes and chants ■ — temples frescoed and groined and carved, and gilded with gold — altars and tapers, and paint- ings of virgin and babe — censer and chalice — ■ chasuble, paten and alb — organs, and anthems and incense rising to the winged and blest — man- iple, amice and stole — crosses and crosiers, tiaras and crowns — mitres and missals and masses — rosaries, relics a...nd robes — martyrs and saints, and windows stained as with the blood of Christ — never, never for one moment awed the brave, proud spirit of the Infidel. He knew that all the pomp and glitter had been purchased with Liberty — that priceless jewel of the soul. In THOMAS PAINE. 157 looking at the cathedral he remembered the dun- geon. The music of the organ was not loud enough to drown the clank of fetters. He could not forget that the taper had lighted the fagot He knew that the cross adorned the hilt of the sword, and so where others worshiped, he wept and scorned.
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