Every burned book or house enlightens the world; every suppressed or expunged word reverberates through the earth from side to side. -Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882)
What??!! Those who have burned, suppressed, and expunged through the centuries haven't thought so, and I think Emerson is wildly optimistic here. It is true that in the long run, the eternal perspective, God's truth will be vindicated, but nevertheless evil is still evil and has its effects. I don't believe there is any mysterious spiritual ether in which a suppressed truth "reverberates through the earth."
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