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Whoever can discern truth has a higher authority than the highest judge who can discern only law
Drawn from what Henry David Thoreau said
What Henry David Thoreau actually said
- Henry David Thoreau American philosopher and writer (1817 to 1862)
Whoever can discern truth has received his commission from a higher source than the chiefest justice in the world, who can discern only law. He finds himself constituted judge of the judge.
Where this was said
↗A Yankee in Canada, with Anti-Slavery and Reform Papersgutenberg.org
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