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Quotation from Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw

“Must then a Christ perish in torment in every age to save those that have no imagination?”

George Bernard Shaw (spoken by Cauchon)

Saint Joan, Epilogue (Project Gutenberg #76323 (Brentano's, 1926))

Portrait of George Bernard Shaw

Cauchon responds to Stogumber's confession that only seeing Joan burn changed him.

Citation: "Must then a Christ perish in torment in every age to save those that have no imagination?" — George Bernard Shaw, Saint Joan, Epilogue (Project Gutenberg #76323 (Brentano's, 1926)). (id shaw-saint-joan-q7)

Portrait: George Bernard Shaw, Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain.

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