For the question is of will, and not, as the insanity of logic has assumed of power. It is not that the Deity cannot modify his laws, but that we insult him in imagining a possible necessity for modification. In their origin these laws were fashioned to embrace all contingencies which could lie in the future. With God all is Now.


The tales and poems of Edgar Allan Poe, with biogr. essay by J.H. Ingram (ed. 1884)

Edgar Allan Poe Quotes

For the question is of will, and not, as the insanity of logic has assumed of power. It is not that the Deity cannot modify his laws, but that we...

For the question is of will, and not, as the insanity of logic has assumed of power. It is not that the Deity cannot modify his laws, but that we...

For the question is of will, and not, as the insanity of logic has assumed of power. It is not that the Deity cannot modify his laws, but that we...

For the question is of will, and not, as the insanity of logic has assumed of power. It is not that the Deity cannot modify his laws, but that we...