“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.”
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Napoleon was probably the equal at least of Washington in intellect, his superior in education. Both of them were successful in serving the state.
If, then, faith widens the connections, it elevates the man.
If we look at the realm of knowledge, how exceedingly small and limited is that part acquired through our own senses how wide is that we gain from other sources.
If, then, knowledge be power, how much more power to we gain through the agency of faith, and what elevation must it give to human character.