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To every good and peaceable man it must in nature be a hateful thing to be a displeaser and molester of thousands; much better would it like him, doubtless, to be a messenger of gladness and contentment.... But when God commands to take the trumpet and blow a dolorous or jarring blast, it lies not in man’s will what he shall say, or what he shall conceal.

Milton, Reason of Church Government.

“I myself am like the miller of Granchester, that was wont to pray for peace amongst the willows.”

Bacon.