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“No, no. God will not damn a lunatic’s soul. He knows that the powers of evil are too great for those of us with weak minds.”
—Garrett Fort (1900–1945)

“Tasting of the sweet damp woods and of the rain one inch above the meadow:

It was like feasting upon air.”
—William Jay Smith (b. 1918)

“When the Revolutionaries ran short of gun wadding the Rev. James Caldwell ... broke open the church doors and seized an armful of Watts’ hymnbooks. The preacher threw them to the soldiers and shouted, “Give ‘em Watts, boys—give ‘em Watts!””
—For the State of New Jersey, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)