It speaks little for any system of religion or philosophy that it cannot bear the light of facts, but evades, shuts out, or hurls anathemas at that which it cannot refute.
Victoria C. Woodhull: “It speaks little for any system of religion or philosophy that it cannot bear the light of facts, but evades, shuts out…”
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This statement critiques religious or philosophical systems that cannot withstand factual scrutiny.
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