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They cannot strike the sun out of heaven, but they are able to raise a smouldering smoke that obscures him from their own eyes.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “They cannot strike the sun out of heaven, but they are able to raise a smouldering smoke that obscures him from their…”
Editor's note · Context
This metaphor illustrates the limitations of those who oppose God, suggesting they can only obscure truth rather than eliminate it.
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