The belief was strongly held that the writers of the Bible were merely pens in the hand of God (Dei calami.{;?}
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That he knew better cannot be doubted, and it must be accounted one of those 'lapsus calami' readily forgiven to genius,-proverbiallyindifferent to detail.
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To Sir Herbert Stephen and Messrs. Bowes & Bowes of Cambridge for permission to include verses from the "Lapsus Calami" of J.K. Stephen.