It is a contradiction in terms and ideas to call anything a revelation that comes to us at second hand, either verbally or in writing. (Thomas Paine)

It is a contradiction in terms and ideas to call anything a revelation that comes to us at second hand, either verbally or in writing.

Thomas Paine

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