The sages, it is often said, can see no answer to the riddle of religion. But the trouble with our sages is… — G. Chesterton
The sages, it is often said, can see no answer to the riddle of religion. But the trouble with our sages is not that they cannot see the answer; it is that they cannot even see the riddle.
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