The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness. Where we find a heroic … - James Anthony Froude

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Historically, the rabbis are split on the question of dreams. None of them denied their power.

James Anthony Froude

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness. Where we find a heroic life appearing as the uniform fruit of a particular mode of opinion, it is childish to argue in the face of fact that the result ought to have been different.

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