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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. on Faith

1809–1894 United States

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Faith loves to lean on time's destroying arm,
And age, like distance, lends a double charm.

Urania: A Rhymed Lesson (1846)

Faith, as an intellectual state, is self-reliance, which, if you have a metaphysical turn, you will find is not so much of a paradox as it sounds at first.

The Professor at the Breakfast-Table (1859)

Wake in our breast the living fires,
The holy faith that warmed our sires;
Thy hand hath made our nation free;
To die for her is serving Thee.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.