• Genius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace; it may serve to cast a gleam of light on those that are without, while the inhabitant sits in darkness.

  Hannah More
  British Writer, Reformer, Philanthropist 1745-1833
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. inhabitant
2. darkness
3. serve
4. gleam
5. light
6. those

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Genius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace; it may serve to cast a gleam of light on those that are without, while the inhabitant sits in darkness. by : Hannah More

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