To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to a…

Richard Whately
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To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own judgment, is but to exchange one danger for another. ✨ Richard Whately (1856). Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley, p.76
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