{"id":73811,"date":"2025-10-01T01:56:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T05:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/?p=73811"},"modified":"2025-09-20T09:14:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T13:14:20","slug":"the-art-of-speed-part-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/2025\/10\/01\/the-art-of-speed-part-three\/","title":{"rendered":"The  Art of Speed&#8211;Part Three"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>In our last post we showed some of the Lincoln memorabilia but I left off his life mask by accident, and here it is\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/4374F9BA-1118-47F0-BCCF-D278557E7AE9.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-73814\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/4374F9BA-1118-47F0-BCCF-D278557E7AE9-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Notice the ancient wallpaper, very appropriate in Kentucky since limestone is everywhere\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/C239AEEE-BAE6-4482-914A-F713286875A2.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-73817\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/C239AEEE-BAE6-4482-914A-F713286875A2-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/EABB4B42-FEBE-4F6B-B0F9-43E23321C187.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-73820\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/EABB4B42-FEBE-4F6B-B0F9-43E23321C187-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This beautiful marble statue is supposed to represent one of the three Christian virtues\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/E0D5DD4C-6ED2-47C2-A377-FF17C26E26DF.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-73823\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/E0D5DD4C-6ED2-47C2-A377-FF17C26E26DF-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/EEFF8934-43FD-4F16-B702-9BF58555FA27.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-73826\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/EEFF8934-43FD-4F16-B702-9BF58555FA27-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/BD4FF578-0361-4FBD-97D6-C297C09E20E1.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-73832\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/BD4FF578-0361-4FBD-97D6-C297C09E20E1-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/E4584D8B-B053-4178-AFF5-07D2BD23BC5E_1_105_c.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73835\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/E4584D8B-B053-4178-AFF5-07D2BD23BC5E_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/083FA17C-0C07-48E5-94A2-B4A718AD4A84_1_105_c.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73841\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/083FA17C-0C07-48E5-94A2-B4A718AD4A84_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/C3CA30C8-0CE4-4FDD-B1B9-62951780B071_1_105_c.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73844\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/C3CA30C8-0CE4-4FDD-B1B9-62951780B071_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/75A97DE0-9FB9-4FB0-BD32-529744A7E77C_1_105_c.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73847\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/75A97DE0-9FB9-4FB0-BD32-529744A7E77C_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/296D6260-9916-40C8-836A-BFFAD564CA25_1_105_c.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73838\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/296D6260-9916-40C8-836A-BFFAD564CA25_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our last post we showed some of the Lincoln memorabilia but I left off his life mask by accident, and here it is\u2026 Notice the ancient wallpaper, very appropriate in Kentucky since limestone is everywhere\u2026 This beautiful marble statue is supposed to represent one of the three Christian virtues\u2026 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":73796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[15806],"class_list":["post-73811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-henry-clay-or-henry-clay-morrison"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Art of Speed--Part Three<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In our last post we showed some of the Lincoln memorabilia but I left off his life mask by accident, and here it is... Notice the ancient wallpaper, very\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Art of Speed--Part Three\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In our last post we showed some of the Lincoln memorabilia but I left off his life mask by accident, and here it is... Notice the ancient wallpaper, very\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/2025\/10\/01\/the-art-of-speed-part-three\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Bible and Culture\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-01T05:56:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-20T13:14:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/E4584D8B-B053-4178-AFF5-07D2BD23BC5E.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ben Witherington\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ben Witherington\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/2025\/10\/01\/the-art-of-speed-part-three\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/2025\/10\/01\/the-art-of-speed-part-three\/\",\"name\":\"The Art of Speed--Part Three\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-01T05:56:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-20T13:14:20+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/#\/schema\/person\/67da39aff728f9d015878d198839df4b\"},\"description\":\"In our last post we showed some of the Lincoln memorabilia but I left off his life mask by accident, and here it is... Notice the ancient wallpaper, very\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/2025\/10\/01\/the-art-of-speed-part-three\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/2025\/10\/01\/the-art-of-speed-part-three\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/2025\/10\/01\/the-art-of-speed-part-three\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Art of Speed&#8211;Part Three\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/\",\"name\":\"The Bible and Culture\",\"description\":\"A One-Stop Shop for All Things Biblical and Christian\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/#\/schema\/person\/67da39aff728f9d015878d198839df4b\",\"name\":\"Ben Witherington\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8cf1998568f0b6ccbd63f56b44d47303?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8cf1998568f0b6ccbd63f56b44d47303?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ben Witherington\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/author\/benw333\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Art of Speed--Part Three","description":"In our last post we showed some of the Lincoln memorabilia but I left off his life mask by accident, and here it is... Notice the ancient wallpaper, very","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Art of Speed--Part Three","og_description":"In our last post we showed some of the Lincoln memorabilia but I left off his life mask by accident, and here it is... Notice the ancient wallpaper, very","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/2025\/10\/01\/the-art-of-speed-part-three\/","og_site_name":"The Bible and Culture","article_published_time":"2025-10-01T05:56:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-09-20T13:14:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1440,"url":"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/E4584D8B-B053-4178-AFF5-07D2BD23BC5E.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ben Witherington","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ben Witherington"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/2025\/10\/01\/the-art-of-speed-part-three\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/2025\/10\/01\/the-art-of-speed-part-three\/","name":"The Art of Speed--Part Three","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-10-01T05:56:36+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-20T13:14:20+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/#\/schema\/person\/67da39aff728f9d015878d198839df4b"},"description":"In our last post we showed some of the Lincoln memorabilia but I left off his life mask by accident, and here it is... Notice the ancient wallpaper, very","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/2025\/10\/01\/the-art-of-speed-part-three\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/2025\/10\/01\/the-art-of-speed-part-three\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/2025\/10\/01\/the-art-of-speed-part-three\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Art of Speed&#8211;Part Three"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/","name":"The Bible and Culture","description":"A One-Stop Shop for All Things Biblical and Christian","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/#\/schema\/person\/67da39aff728f9d015878d198839df4b","name":"Ben Witherington","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8cf1998568f0b6ccbd63f56b44d47303?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8cf1998568f0b6ccbd63f56b44d47303?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","caption":"Ben Witherington"},"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/author\/benw333\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}