I was convinced — and I am so still — that the fundamental principles of Christianity have to be proved true by reasoning, and by no other method. Reason, I said to myself, is given us that we may bring everything within the range of its action, even the most exalted ideas of religion. And this certainty filled me with joy.


Memoirs of Childhood and Youth (1925)


I was convinced — and I am so still — that the fundamental principles of Christianity have to be proved true by reasoning, and by no other...

I was convinced — and I am so still — that the fundamental principles of Christianity have to be proved true by reasoning, and by no other...

I was convinced — and I am so still — that the fundamental principles of Christianity have to be proved true by reasoning, and by no other...

I was convinced — and I am so still — that the fundamental principles of Christianity have to be proved true by reasoning, and by no other...