The brightest flashes in the world of thought are incomplete until they have been proven to have their counterparts in the world of fact.

the brightest of the bright.

The world would be astonished if it knew how great a proportion of its brightest ornaments, of those most distinguished even in popular estimation for wisdom and virtue, are complete skeptics in religion

Knowledge once gained casts a faint light beyond its own immediate boundaries. There is no discovery so limited as not to illuminate something beyond itself.

If I wanted a loving father, a faithful husband, an honorable neighbor, and a just citizen, I would seek him among the band of Atheists

Knowledge once gained casts a light beyond its own immediate boundaries.