John Speed Born : 1552 Died : July 28, 1629 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by John Speed It's one thing to be helpless as one tries to lace a corset or to mount an elephant, quite another to be helpless as a bandit pushes a black steel knife against the flesh of your throat while his brother comes to join him. John Speed knives elephants brother Jews ate the English nation to its bones. John Speed bones jew nations In Islam, all living things have souls. We are made pure by the fire of the lord compassion. John Speed compassion soul fire
