Lorenzo Dow Quotes
You can and you can't You will and you won't You'll be damned if you do You'll be damned if you don't
Reverend Dow was writing for other ministers about the problem of dealing with the numerous contradictions in the Bible. There was no winning choice. Since then, the last two lines have been quoted by politicians when they percieve they have no good choices. For example, see Eleanor Roosevelt {630145}.
Lorenzo Dow, 1777-1834, Methodist Minister & Independent Evangelist, Reflections on the Love of God, 1836
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The quotation that she used was originated by Lorenzo Dow in 1836—see {600157} .
- Born: October 16, 1777
- Died: February 2, 1834
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Lorenzo Dow was an eccentric itinerant American evangelist, said to have preached to more people than any other preacher of his era. He became an important figure and a popular writer. His autobiography at one time was the second best-selling book in the United States, exceeded only by the Bible.
