_'Magnanimity ... includes all
that belongs to a great soul. A
high and mighty Courage, an
invincible Patience, an immovable
Grandeur; which is above the reach
of Injuries; a high and lofty
Spirit allayed with the sweetness
of Courtesy and Respect: a deep
and stable Resolution founded on
Humilitie without any Baseness ...
a generous confidence, and a great
inclination to Heroical deeds; all
these conspire to compleat it,
with a severe and mighty
expectation of Bliss
incomprehensible...._
_'A magnanimous soul is always
awake. The whole globe of the Earth
is but a nutshell in comparison
with its enjoyments. The Sun is its
Lamp, the Sea its Fishpond, the
Stars its Jewels, Men, Angels, its
attendance, and God alone its
sovereign delight and supreme
complacency.... Nothing is great if
compared with a Magnanimous soul
but the Sovereign Lord of all the
Worlds.'--REV. THOMAS TRAHERNE (A
Contemporary of G. Fox)._
_'They threw stones upon me that
were so great, that I did admire
they did not kill us; but so
mighty was the power of the Lord,
that they were as a nut or a bean
to my thinking.'--THOMAS BRIGGS, 1685._