Let us pardon him his hope of a vain apocalypse, and of a second coming in great triumph upon the clouds of heaven. Perhaps these were the errors of others rather than his own; and if it be true that he himself shared the general illusion, what matters it, since his dream rendered him strong against death, and sustained him in a struggle to which he might otherwise have been unequal?

Famous Quotes / Ernest Renan

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Ernest Renan: "Let us pardon him his hope of a vain apocalypse, and of a second coming in great triumph upon the clouds of heaven. Perhaps these were the errors of others rather than his own; and if it be true that he himself shared the general illusion, what matters it, since his dream rendered him strong against death, and sustained him in a struggle to which he might otherwise have been unequal?"

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Against	Apocalypse	Clouds	Coming
Death	Dream	Errors	General
Great	Heaven	Himself	Hope
Illusion	Matters	Might	Others
Otherwise	Pardon	Perhaps	Rather
Rendered	Second	Shared	Since
Strong	Struggle	Sustained	These
Triumph	True	Unequal	Upon
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Let us pardon him his hope of a vain apocalypse, and of a second coming in great triumph upon the clouds of heaven. Perhaps these were the errors of others rather than his own; and if it be true that he himself shared the general illusion, what matters it, since his dream rendered him strong against death, and sustained him in a struggle to which he might otherwise have been unequal? - Ernest Renan