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Let me take the sceptic's standard of what we should believe, and what we should not believe; that is, we ought not to believe that of which we have no evidence, and for which we can give no satisfactory reason.
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Orange Jacobs
Republican · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Jacobs emphasizes the importance of evidence in forming beliefs.

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