Quote#Death
As revelation is the great strengthener of reason, the march of mind…
Quote byHenry Melvill · 1798–1871
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 364.
English (original)
As revelation is the great strengthener of reason, the march of mind which leaves the Bible in the rear, is an advance, like that of our first parents in Paradise, towards knowledge, but, at the same time, towards death.
— Henry Melvill
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