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- Twice the crown was offered to him which he did twice refuse, saying, " It does not behove a minister to become a monarch; kingship should go to the scion of a royal family, and saintship to the descendant of a saint ."
- According to historian Michael Winship, Vane's experiences in Massachusetts significantly radicalized his religious views, in which he came to believe that clergy of all types, including Puritan ministers, " were Revelations 13 : 11 ", " pretending to visible Saintship ".
- His best-known book, " Physionomie de saints " ( 1875 ), which has been translated into English ( 1903 ) as " Studies in Saintship ", does not display his qualities best . " Contes extraordinaires ", published not long before his death, is better and more original, being often cited for its artistic yet lucid prose.