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If that vital spark that we find in a grain of wheat can pass unchanged through countless deaths and resurrections, will the spirit of man be unable to pass from this body to another?   Bryan, William Jennings

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Source: WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN, eulogy, Elks Lodge annual memorial service, Lincoln, Nebraska, December 2, 1906, as reported by the Nebraska State Journal, December 3, 1906, p. 3.In The Prince of Peace, a lecture delivered at Chautauquas and religious gatherings, starting in 1904, he phrased the idea this way: If this invisible germ of life in the grain of wheat can thus pass unimpaired through three thousand resurrections, I shall not doubt that my soul has power to clothe itself with a body suited to its new existence when this earthly frame has crumbled into dust.Speeches of William Jennings Bryan, vol. 2, p. 284 . · This quote is tagged Spirit and Spirituality · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation · Help your friends discover QB

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