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The light of conscience ... enters the eyes of the soul, as the light of the sun enters the eyes of the body; and to open the former requires no greater effort than to open the latter.

— Alexandre Vinet Evangelical Meditations (1858)

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Between God and man, between the gospel and each soul, the interpreter is Love.

The most doubtful reasoning appears to us clear and conclusive, when we can, in any way, twist it to an accordance with what we desire.

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Our object to-day is to point out to you, brethren, that tendency we all have to consult another, in order to shun consulting ourselves.

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