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• ‟ The essence of religion is the knowledge of God which is eternal life. That and nothing less than that is religion. Everything else is on the surface, is superfluous save for the needs of men.

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• ‟ The generous wish to share with all what is precious, to spread broadcast priceless truths, to shut out none from the illumination of true knowledge, has resulted in a zeal without discretion that has vulgarised Christianity, and has presented its teachings in a form that often repels the heart and alienates the intellect.

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• ‟ It is the duty of the followers of Islam to spread through the civilised world, a knowledge of what Islam means - its spirit and message.

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• ‟ Sun-worship and pure forms of nature-worship were, in their day, noble religions, highly allegorical but full of profound truth and knowledge.

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• ‟ An accurate knowledge of the past of a country is necessary for everyone who would understand its present, and who desires to judge of its future.

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• ‟ That is the true definition of sin; when knowing right you do the lower, ah, then you sin. Where there is no knowledge, sin is not present.

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