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The Lamb in the Holy Sepulchre, Mosaic of the IV Century, Sarcophagus of Luc de Beam. Showing the Lamb on the Cross.
IN CONFIDENCE
I shall speak in a straightforward way, and shall say today what perhaps I should say tomorrow, or ten years from now, — but shall say it today, because I cannot keep it back, because I have nothing better to say than the truth, or what I hold to be the truth. But why seek truths that are not pleasant? We cannot help it. No man can suppress the truth. Truth finds a crack or crevice to crop out of; it bobs up to the surface and all the volume and weight of waters can not keep it down. Truth prevails! Life, death, truth — behold, these three no power can keep back. And since we are doomed to know the truth, let us cultivate a love for it. It is of no avail to cry over lost illusions, to long for vanished dreams, or to call to the departing gods to come back. It may be pleasant to play with toys and dolls all our life, but
