Ingiliz roman yazari Anna Sewell’in olum yildonumu (25 Nisan 1878)
“Zalimlik seytanin isaretidir dedi, zalimlikten zevk alan birini gordugumuz zaman onun efendisini anlayabilecegimizi, cunku seytanin en bastan beri katil ve en sonuna kadar iskenceci oldugunu soyledi. Oysa komsularini seven, insanlara ve hayvanlara sefkat gosteren insanlari gordugumuzde, bunun Tanri'nin isareti oldugunu bilebilirsiniz, cunku 'Tanri sevgidir' dedi. Bu ogretmeninin sana ogrettigi en buyuk gercek, dedi John. Sevgisiz din olmaz; insanlar dinleri hakkinda istedikleri kadar konusabilirler; fakat eger din onlara insanlara ve hayvanlara karsi iyi davranmayi ogretmiyorsa, hepsi bosunadir. Hepsi bosuna James; her seyin icyuzunun ortaya dokulecegi ve gercek degerini bulacagi o gun, hepsinin foyasi ortaya cikacaktir.” Siyah Inci
“He said cruelty was the devil’s own trade-mark, and if we saw any one who took pleasure in cruelty we might know who he belonged to, for the devil was a murderer from the beginning, and a tormentor to the end. On the other hand, where we saw people who loved their neighbors, and were kind to man and beast, we might know that was God’s mark.” “Your master never taught you a truer thing,” said John; “there is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not teach them to be good and kind to man and beast it is all a sham—all a sham, James, and it won’t stand when things come to be turned inside out.”
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