There is a touch of divinity even in brutes, and a special halo about a horse, that should forever exempt him from indignities.
— Herman Melville
Who can fathom the secrets of the human soul?" I said. "None of us is exempt from sin.
— Margaret Atwood
The settled opinion here is that religion is essentially distinct from Civil Govt. and exempt from its cognizance; that a connection between them is injurious to both.