But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare and special beauty of its own; and in this respect the original Bible stands very high as a monument of sublime poetry and of artistic prose.
-- Lafcadio Hearn
   
Lafcadio Hearn   Name:
Lafcadio Hearn
Type:
Author
Nationality:
Japanese
Birth:
June 27, 1850
Death:
September 26, 1904
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