Edward Lear, Letters of Edward Lear (1907)

A broader creed, - a better form of worship - the cessation of nonsense and curses - and the recognition of a new state of matters brought about by centuries, science, destiny or what not - will assuredly be demanded and come to pass whether Bishops and priests welcome the changes or resist them. Not those who believe that God the Creator is greater than a Book, stereotyped by ancient legends, gross ignorance. and hideous bigotry - not those are the Infidels - but these same screamy ganders of the church, who put darkness forward and insist that it is light.