“My own approach to literary problems is very like the one Dr. Johnson's blind housekeeper used when she poured tea-she put her finger inside the cup.” ProblemUsedMy OwnApproachBlindFingersCupsTeaDrsJohnsonHousekeepersDr Johnson Book:Mystery and Manners Source: Mystery and Manners
“I speak "with absolute certainty" only so far as my own personal belief is concerned. Those who have not the same warrant for their belief as I have, would be very credulous and foolish to accept it on blind faith. Nor does the writer believe any more than her correspondent and his friends in any "authority" let alone "divine revelation"!” BelieveDoeWould BeBeliefSpeakMy OwnAcceptingDivineAuthorityConcernedAbsolutesBlindFoolishCertaintyRevelationsBlind FaithWarrantsAbsolute CertaintyDivine RevelationPersonal Beliefs Author:H. P. Blavatsky