Beilby Porteus Quotes

Bishop of Chester; Bishop of London

Rt Rev Beilby Porteus, DD, Bishop of Chester and London (May 8, 1731 – May 13, 1809) was an Anglican reformer and leading abolitionist. He was the first Anglican in a position of authority to seriously challenge the Church's position on slavery.

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Alternative Names: Porteous • Rt Rev Beilby Porteus, DD

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One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero. Princes were privileged
To kill, and numbers sanctified the crime.

In sober state,
Through the sequestered vale of rural life,
The venerable patriarch guileless held
The tenor of his way.

War its thousands slays, Peace its ten thousands.

He who foresees calamities suffers them twice over.

Teach him how to live,
And, oh still harder lesson! how to die.

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