Beliefs and Response
An article in 2001 in the British Journal of Science describes a "hitherto unknown document", a contemporary diary written by a witness in rural Worcestershire, that describes the damaging emotional and psychological effects of the storm. The storm, unprecedented in ferocity and duration, was generally reckoned by witnesses to represent the anger of God—in recognition of the "crying sins of this nation", the government declared 19 January 1704 a day of fasting, saying it "loudly calls for the deepest and most solemn humiliation of our people". It remained a frequent topic of moralizing in sermons well into the nineteenth century.
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Famous quotes containing the words beliefs and/or response:
“Other people’s beliefs may be myths, but not mine.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“There are situations in life to which the only satisfactory response is a physically violent one. If you don’t make that response, you continually relive the unresolved situation over and over in your life.”
—Russell Hoban (b. 1925)