Quotes from authors passed in 1853
That man is a religious being, is universally conceded, for it has been seen to be universally true.
Simon Greenleaf
Proceeding further, to inquire whether the facts related by the Four Evangelists are proved by competent and satisfactory evidence, we are led, first, to consider on which side lies the burden of establishing the credibility of the witnesses.
Simon Greenleaf
The importance of the facts testified, and their relations to the affairs of the soul, and the life to come, can make no difference in the principles or the mode of weighing the evidence.
Simon Greenleaf
The object of man's worship, whatever it be, will naturally be his standard of perfection. He clothes it with every attribute, belonging, in his view, to a perfect character; and this character he himself endeavors to attain.
Simon Greenleaf
In the ordinary affairs of life we do not require nor expect demonstrative evidence, because it is inconsistent with the nature of matters of fact, and to insist on its production would be unreasonable and absurd.
Simon Greenleaf
Harold Budd 
David Ogden Stiers 
Tori Amos 
Kwame Nkrumah 
Milton Bradley 
Shane Warne 
Fred Couples 
Shirley Jackson