He believed that every individual was responsible for his conduct on earth, that there was a judge within. Could even a blazingly Christ inflict greater retribution? Could Dante’s Charon in his rowboat on the river Acheron whip the miscreants into a deeper, more everlasting hell than man’s unvarnished verdict of himself?

He believed that every individual was responsible for his conduct on earth, that there was a judge within. Could even a blazingly Christ inflict greater retribution? Could Dante’s Charon in his rowboat on the river Acheron whip the miscreants into a deeper, more everlasting hell than man’s unvarnished verdict of himself?

– Irving Stone –

The Agony and the Ecstasy

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