Herman Melville Quote

Though the ancients were ignorant of the principles of Christianity there were in them the germs of its spirit.


Piazza Tales and Other Prose Pieces, 1839-1860: Volume Nine, Scholarly Edition (ed. Northwestern University Press, 1987) - ISBN: 9780810105515


Though the ancients were ignorant of the principles of Christianity there were in them the germs of its spirit.

Though the ancients were ignorant of the principles of Christianity there were in them the germs of its spirit.

Though the ancients were ignorant of the principles of Christianity there were in them the germs of its spirit.

Though the ancients were ignorant of the principles of Christianity there were in them the germs of its spirit.