There Are Two Methods For The Literary Study Of Any Book - The First Being The Study Of Its Thought And Emotion; The Second Only That Of Its Workmanship. A Student Of Literature Should Study Some Of The Bible From Both Points Of View. - SearchQuotes

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There are two methods for the literary study of any book - the first being the study of its thought and emotion; the second only that of its workmanship. A student of literature should study some of the Bible from both points of view.

Lafcadio Hearn

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