Thought for the Day 20 August 2009

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Categorised as Thought of the Day and published Thursday, August 20th, 2009
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I grant that I do assume certain first principles as the starting points from which my convictions proceed, and I don’t see who can arrive at any conviction without making assumptions. I assume that there is a truth in religion, and that it is attainable by us: that there is a God, to whom we can approve ourselves and to whom we are responsible.

From a letter to John Rickards Mozley, April 1st 1875 Click here for the full text (leaves site)