Samuel Butler, the Younger Quotes

Though wisdom cannot be gotten for gold, still less can it be gotten without it. Gold, or the value of whats equivalent to gold, lies at the root of wisdom, and enters so largely into the very essence of the Holy Ghost that 'no gold, no Holy Ghost may pass as an axiom.

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The New Jerusalem, when it comes, will probably be found so far to resemble the old as to stone its prophets freely.

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