THE S.S. by M.P. Shiel 1923

 

"To say that there are epidemics of suicide is to give expression to what is now a mere commonplace of knowledge. And so far are they from being of rare occurrence, that it has even been affirmed that every sensational case of felo de se published in the newspapers is sure to be followed by some others more obscure: their frequency, indeed, is out of all proportion with the extent of each particular outbreak."

THE HOLINESS OF SIN by Gershom Scholem

In turning to consider the Sabbatian movement after Sabbatai Zevi’s conversion to Islam, ... we find ourselves still standing before a blank wall, not only of misunderstanding, but often of an actual refusal to understand.