Herman Melville: While religion, contrary to the common notion, implies, in certain cases, a spirit of slow reserve as to assent, infidel

While religion, contrary to the common notion, implies, in certain cases, a spir — Herman Melville

While religion, contrary to the common notion, implies, in certain cases, a spirit of slow reserve as to assent, infidelity, which claims to despise credulity, is sometimes swift to it.

Herman Melville

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