‘The English Bible has been greater influence in the course of English literature than all other forces put together.

May be an image of 1 person and text that says ‘The English Bible has been greater influence in the course of English literature than all other forces put together. It is impossible to read standard authors intelligently withou knowing something about the Bible, for they all assume familiarity with it on the point of their readers…t any young man or woman, eaten with ambition to become a writer, shall advise first of all, KNOW THE BIBLE. William Lyon Phelps, former Professor of English Literature at Yale University’ (20+) Facebook