"Every indication of wisdom, taken from the effect, is equally an indication of power to execute what wisdom planned."
-Thomas Reid
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"And, if we have any evidence that the wisdom which formed the plan is in the man, we have the very same evidence, that the power which executed it is in him also.“
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