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> [“It is a contradiction in terms and ideas, to call anything a revelation that comes to us at second-hand, either verbally or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/it-is-a-contradiction-in-terms-and-ideas-to-call-anything-a/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [A divine revelation must necessarily be intolerant of contradiction; it must repudiate all improvement in itself, and view with disdain that arising…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-william-draper/a-divine-revelation-must-necessarily-be-intolerant-of-contradiction/)

[John William Draper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-william-draper/)

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> [“Learning and receiving revelation must necessarily include both the heart and the mind, or thoughts, and feelings. Intellect alone cannot produce a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheri-dew/learning-and-receiving-revelation-must-necessarily-include-both-the/)

[Sheri Dew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheri-dew/)

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> [Revelation is necessarily limited to the first communication- after that it is only an account of something which that person says was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/revelation-is-necessarily-limited-to-the-first-communication-after/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [“Revelation when applied to religion, means something communicated immediately from God to man. It is revelation to the first person only, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/revelation-when-applied-to-religion-means-something-communicated/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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