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Devotion, when it does not lie under the check of reason, is apt to degenerate into enthusiasm (fanaticism).
Devotion, when it does not lie under the check of reason, is apt to degenerate into enthusiasm (fanaticism).
Approximate author period: c. 1695 AD · renaissance
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- Joseph Addison
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- Approximate author period: c. 1695 AD · renaissance
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Addison. · page_063
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