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Benjamin Franklin1706–1790

The Way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason: The Morning Daylight appears plainer when you put out your Candle.

Benjamin Franklin on faith

“July. VII Month.”, Poor Richard’s Almanack (1758), Philadelphia: B. Frankin and D. Hall

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