Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc Quotes

“To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man's character one must judge it by the standards of his time. Not ours. Judged by the standard of one century the noblest characters of an earlier one lose much of their luster. Judged by the standards of today there is probably no illustrious man of four or five centuries ago who could meet the test at all points.


But the character of Joan of Arc is unique. It can be measured by the standards of all times without misgiving or apprehension as to the result. Judged by any of them, judged by all of them it is still flawless. It is still ideally perfect. It still occupies the loftiest place possible to human attainment. A loftier one that has been reached by any other mere mortal.”
― Mark Twain, Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc