“Prejudice and self-sufficiency naturally proceed from inexperience of the world, and ignorance of mankind
“God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us - as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray
“We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.
“Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance
“It is so easy to hide our ignorance under such expressions as the 'plan of creation,' 'unity of design,' etc..