The Works of Winston Churchill: A Linked Index of the Project Gutenberg Editions
The Works of Winston Churchill: A Linked Index of the Project Gutenberg Editions
The Works of Winston Churchill: A Linked Index of the Project Gutenberg Editions is a comprehensive digital collection of writings by Winston Churchill, compiled by David Widger in the early 21st century. This index organizes Churchill's significant works, including novels and essays that explore themes of American history, identity, and governance. Notable pieces like 'Richard Carvel' and 'The Crisis' reflect on the complexities of love, duty, and political life within their historical contexts, providing readers with easy access to Churchill's literary contributions. The collection serves as an essential resource for understanding the author's impact on literature and historical discourse.
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“...But the Mahommedan religion increases, instead of lessening, the fury of intolerance. It was originally propagated by the sword, and ever since, its votaries have been subject, above the people of all other creeds, to this form of madness. In a moment the fruits of patient toil, the prospects of material prosperity, the fear of death itself, are flung aside. The more emotional Pathans are powerless to resist. All rational considerations are forgotten. Seizing their weapons, they become Ghazis”
— Winston Churchill
“I pass with relief from the tossing sea of Cause and Theory to the firm ground of Result and Fact.””
— Winston Churchill
“Indeed it is evident that Christianity, however degraded and distorted by cruelty and intolerance, must always exert a modifying influence on men’s passions, and protect them from the more violent forms of fanatical fever, as we are protected from smallpox by vaccinations. But the Mohammaden religion increases, instead of lessening, the fury of intolerance. It was originally propagated by the sword, and ever since its votaries have been subject, above all the peoples of all other creeds, to this form of madness.””
— Winston Churchill
“That religion, which above all others was founded and propagated by the sword”
— Winston Churchill
