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As the telescope is not a substitute for, but an aid to, our sight, so revelation is not designed to supersede the use of reason, but to supply its deficiencies.

Richard Whately
Bible, Sight, Use
Richard Whately (1856). “Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley”, p.49
As the telescope is not a substitute for, but an aid to, our sight, so revelation is not designed to supersede the use of reason, but to supply its deficiencies.