To Consider Only One Other Such Witness: The Followers Of The Buddha Have At Least As Much Right To Appeal To Individual And Social Experience In Support Of The Authority Of The Eastern Saviour. - SearchQuotes

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To consider only one other such witness: the followers of the Buddha have at least as much right to appeal to individual and social experience in support of the authority of the Eastern saviour.

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