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A Book of Quaker Saints by L. V. Hodgkin

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Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by Project A Book of Quaker Saints by L. V. Hodgkin Read this book online: HTML. The Book of Quaker Saints owes its existence to my friend Ernest E. Taylor, who first suggested the title and plan, and then, gently but inexorably, persuaded me.

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He " made nothing of his injuries," and " spoke as a man who had not been concerned. Most of the strange successes here claimed for the Quaker saints are susceptible of a reasonable explanation—i. For instance, the story of the tanner who put the following advertisement into a newspaper and changed a thief into a trustworthy servant is per- fectly credible given a particular advertiser and a particular thief: If poverty tempted him to this false step the owner will keep the whole transaction secret, and will gladly put him in the way of obtaining money by means more likely to bring him peace of mind.

On the other hand, the safe voyage of the ' Woodhouse' with sixteen souls aboard across the Atlantic is very difficult to explain unless we admit that she was miraculously steered. Her voyage is historically certain.

But the only other instance in Waich it, is even suggested that we should believe the very unlikely seems to us to offer no insuperable difficulty of explanation. A Quaker seaman was constantly condemned to punishment, but his fetters fell from him and his back showed no signs of the lash. That -a certain amount of play-acting went on among men who were only half-hearted in their persecution of their victim seems obvious.

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That he was able by his imperturbability to change the angry contempt of his officers and the bullying propensities of half-civilized sailors into respect and pity is not difficult of belief ; but this is simply an instance of " the patience of the saints," which at last always commands deference. Whether this book is a suitable one for children may be doubted. It has certainly a deep interest for their elders. It is unfortunate, - we think, that in order to make it readable for the younger sort Mr.

Hodgkin has in some of the stories left the historic record and enlarged out of his own head. We should add that in each instance he accuses himself of his fanciful digression, so no student is liable to deception.

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The prefatory chapter headed "A Talk about Saints " strikes us also as over-childish. If the book runs to a second edition, it would surely be better without it. But one must not be hypercritical of a compilation which is successful in the depiction of the fascination of saints.

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George Fox, An Autobiography. If poverty tempted him to this false step the owner will keep the whole transaction secret, and will gladly put him in the way of obtaining money by means more likely to bring him peace of mind. For additional information, see the Global Shipping Programme terms and conditions - opens in a new window or tab. Lists with This Book. We appreciate your feedback. Or is it merely a quaint and interesting relic of a bygone age?

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