I do not purpose to discuss faith in its dogmatic sense today. – Matthew Simpson
Napoleon was probably the equal at least of Washington in intellect, his superior in education. Both of them were successful in serving the state. – Matthew Simpson
Taking it in its wider and generic application, I understand faith to be the supplement of sense or, to change the phrase, all knowledge which comes not to us through our senses we gain by faith in others. – Matthew Simpson
The realm of immediate or personal knowledge is a narrow circle in which these bodies move the realm of knowledge derived through faith is as wide as the universe, and old as eternity. – Matthew Simpson