We Have Seen That No Religion Stands On The Basis Of Things Known; None Bounds Its Horizon Within The Field Of Human Observation; And, Therefore, As It Can Never Present Us With Indisputable Facts, So Must It Ever Be At Once A Source Of Error And Contention. - SearchQuotes

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We have seen that no religion stands on the basis of things known; none bounds its horizon within the field of human observation; and, therefore, as it can never present us with indisputable facts, so must it ever be at once a source of error and contention.

Francis Wright

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