Quote#Wisdom
When arguments or proofs were needed, whether on the side of the…
Quote byJohn Tyndall · 1820–1893
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: New Fragments (1892).
English (original)
When arguments or proofs were needed, whether on the side of the Jewish Christians or of the Gentile Christians, a document was discovered which met the case, and on which the name of an apostle, or of some authoritative contemporary of the apostles, was boldly inscribed. The end being held to sanctify the means, there was no lack of manufactured testimony.
— John Tyndall
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