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)

    The instant field of the present is at all times what I call the ‘pure’ experience. It is only virtually or potentially either object or subject as yet.
    —William James (1842–1910)

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

    They smote and fell, who set the bars
    Against the progress of the stars,
    And stayed the march of Motherland!
    —Will Henry Thompson (1848–1918)