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dogma 1. a religious doctrine or system of doctrines proclaimed by ecclesiastical authority as true 2. a belief, principle, or doctrine or a code of beliefs, principles, or doctrines How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the very breath of science is a contest with mistake, and must keep the conscience alive. Each race writes its line upon the book, as it passes; it erases the ancient Romanesque hieroglyphs on the frontispieces of cathedrals, and at the most one only sees dogma cropping out here and there, beneath the new symbol which it has deposited. Now, as always, Clare's father was sanguine as a child; and though the younger could not accept his parent's narrow dogma he revered his practice, and recognized the hero under the pietist. |
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