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:
“All beliefs are bald ideas.”
—Francis Picabia (1878–1953)
“Perhaps nothing in all my business has helped me more than faith in my fellow man. From the very first I felt confident that I could trust the great, friendly public. So I told it quite simply what I thought, what I felt, what I was trying to do. And the response was quick, sure, and immediate.”
—Alice Foote MacDougall (1867–1945)