Q. The New Testament says Roman soldiers offered Jesus "gall in vinegar" at the crucifixion. What was "gall"?
A. Milky latex of the opium poppy. Growers thereabouts had produced it for centuries. To induce sleep and insensibility.
�LMBoyd 10.07.03
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...But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise I skill not...
Milton, Areopagitica
Except he had found the
standing sea-rock that even this last
Temptation breaks on; quieter than death but lovelier; peace
that quiets the desire even of praising it.
Jeffers, Meditation On Saviors
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