“ Faith always implies the disbelief of a lesser fact in favor of a greater. ”
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., The Professor at the Breakfast-Table (1860). copy citation
| Author | Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. |
|---|---|
| Source | The Professor at the Breakfast-Table |
| Topic | disbelief faith |
| Date | 1860 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2665/2665-h/2665-h.htm |
Context
“—The cut nails of machine-divinity may be driven in, but they won't clinch.
—The arguments which the greatest of our schoolmen could not refute were two: the blood in men's veins, and the milk in women's breasts.
—Humility is the first of the virtues—for other people.
—Faith always implies the disbelief of a lesser fact in favor of a greater. A little mind often sees the unbelief, without seeing the belief of a large one.
The Poor Relation had been fidgeting about and working her mouth while all this was going on. She broke out in speech at this point.”
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