Quotes · Quote card
Quotation from The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding
“Thwackum, on the contrary, maintained that the human mind, since the fall, was nothing but a sink of iniquity, till purified and redeemed by grace.”
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book III, Chapter iii (Project Gutenberg #6593)
Thwackum's position, set against Square's; the narrator adds that the two agreed never to mention goodness.
Citation: "Thwackum, on the contrary, maintained that the human mind, since the fall, was nothing but a sink of iniquity, till purified and redeemed by grace." — Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book III, Chapter iii (Project Gutenberg #6593). (id fielding-tom-jones-q3)
Portrait: Henry Fielding, Unknown engraver, Public domain.
