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I study theology in the works of creation and find in it new reasons for adoring the creator.

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Thought assists memory in enabling it to order the material it has assembled. So that in a systematically ordered memory every idea is individually followed by all conclusions it entails.

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It is not science which leads to unbelief but rather ignorance. The ignorant man thinks he understands something provided that he sees it every day. The natural philosopher walks amid enigmas, always striving to understand and always half-understanding. He learns to believe what he does not understand, and that is a step on the road to faith.

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Words strike the air and the mind, they act on the senses and on the soul.

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Jan Potocki

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Born: March 8, 1761
Died: December 23, 1815 (aged 54)
Bio: Count Jan Potocki was a Polish nobleman, Polish Army Captain of Engineers, ethnologist, Egyptologist, linguist, traveler, adventurer and popular author of the Enlightenment period, whose life and exploits made him a legendary figure in his homeland.

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