Captain Delaplace, Commandant at Fort Ticonderoga, New York, on May 10, 1775, gazed at Allen in bewildered astonishment. 'By whose authority do you act' exclaimed he. 'In the name of the great Jehovah, and the Continental Congress' replied Allen.
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In response to an attending doctor who attempted to comfort him by saying, 'General, I fear the angels are waiting for you.' Waiting are they Waiting are they Welllet 'em wait.Ethan Allen
For mankind to hate truth as it may bring their evil deeds to light and punishment, is very easy and common, but to hate truth as truth, or God as God, which is the same as to hate goodness for its own sake, unconnected with any other consequences, is impossible even to a (premised) diabolical nature itself .
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Waiting, are they Waiting, are they Well, goddam 'em, let 'em waitEthan Allen, to his physician who said General, I fear the angels are waiting for you, quoted in Saturday Review, April 5, 1958
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Those who invalidate reason ought seriously to consider whether they argue against reason with or without reason.
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In those parts of the world where learning and science has prevailed, miracles have ceased; but in those parts of it as are barbarous and ignorant, miracles are still in vogue.
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