James Lawton Thompson

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    I think a bishop who doesn’t give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop.
    —James Lawton Thompson (b. 1936)

    So here it is at last, the distinguished thing!
    —Henry James (1843–1916)

    I think a bishop who doesn’t give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop.
    —James Lawton Thompson (b. 1936)

    I fled Him, down the nights and down the days;
    I fled Him, down the arches of the years;
    I fled Him, down the labyrinthine ways
    Of my own mind; and in the midst of tears
    I hid from Him, and under running laughter.
    —Francis Thompson (1859–1907)