Roger Williams
Roger Williams
Roger Williamswas a Puritan, an English Reformed theologian, and later a Reformed Baptist who was an early proponent of religious freedom and separation of church and state, and a supporter of members of the Free Will Baptist movement...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTheologian
brain depends function ill life man struggle
While the brain is working, you go on trying, ... Life depends on the brain function and that is still working. He's just desperately ill man in (intensive care) and we struggle on.
certainly fighting fights-and-fighting ill
certainly severely ill and is fighting for his life.
best certainly fighting ill
It may be an exaggeration to say that Mr. Best is gravely ill. But he is certainly severely ill and is fighting for his life,
difficult easing happen hours ill next pull quite seriously
All one can say is that the bleeding, we think, is easing -- but he is very seriously ill on a ventilator, ... Quite what will happen over the next 24 hours is difficult to say. He could pull through or he could get worse.
absolutely fantastic haul ill please run thinking
Please don't run away with thinking he's absolutely fantastic because there is still a long way to go. It's a long haul when they've been as ill as this.
critically disturbed fairly ill night remains
He had a disturbed night but he is still very alert, very sedated on the ventilator. He remains critically ill but fairly stable.
affected confident easily generally ill recovery
I'm not confident about a recovery, I've never said I'm confident about a recovery because he is so generally ill and so can be affected so easily by any infection, any setback, ... But he is better than he was yesterday.
advanced disease life liver people
We see in our wards young people in their 30s with advanced liver diseases, their life ruined. I see liver disease all around increasing,
attached creates intense penn people state stays
There's something about Penn State that creates intense loyalty. We have a lot of people who come to Penn State and they are transformed when they get here. They get attached and it stays with them all their lives.
difficult happen hours next quite
Quite what will happen over the next 24 hours is difficult to say,
definite improvement requiring
On the whole there has been a very definite improvement in his condition, but he is still requiring a lot of care. He is better than yesterday.
although appeared cannot carved exactly flames forgotten honor looked marked monument nor sermon single stone visit
We do not know when he was born, nor exactly when he died. We do not know what he looked like. We cannot visit his home, because it went up in flames long ago. Although he was a preacher, no sermon of his survives. During his lifetime, not a single monument was erected in his honor and, at his death, no carved stone marked his grave. He was -- or so it appeared -- a forgotten man.
expect pink
Well, we don't expect him to look pink and wonderful, do we?
case imagine itself life normally resolve situation switching
I would imagine the situation will resolve itself naturally, that's what normally happens. It's not a case of switching off life support.