Doubts are the messengers of the Living One to the honest. They are th…

George MacDonald
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Doubts are the messengers of the Living One to the honest. They are the first knock at our door of things that are not yet, but have to be, understood. . . . Doubts must precede every deeper assurance; for uncertainties are what we first see when we look into a region hitherto unknown, unexplored, unannexed. ✨ George MacDonald (2015). Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated), p.13031, Delphi Classics
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