Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace Quotes
Fear is a tyrant and a despot, more terrible than the rack, more potent than the stake.
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace, 1875–1932, English Journalist, Writer & Playwright, The Clue of the Twisted Candle
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This is a variation of the famous Lord Acton quote {292904}.
The Flemmish city of Ghent needed a Governor. Du Bois approached Philip Van Artevelde whose father had been a successful governor to see if he would be interested in assuming the office. Many cities, while not democracies, did elect their ruler as for a time was done on Ancient Rome. This quotation is interesting in that Du Bois, a kingmaker politician, shows us what qualifications were perceived necessary for a Governor of a major city.
James was a Catholic King and did not like Protestants but positively detested Puritans. He made good his and “harried them out of the land” much to the benefit of the American colonies to which they immigrated and the detriment of England. Many of the immigrants to America came for the religious freedom, but in the early days, no sooner did they arrive and become the majority, than they began to discriminate against other religions.
