Date: 1660, 1676
"Because he that endeavours to keep a good Conscience and hath an honest mind, besides that he will inquire after his duty sufficiently, he will be able to tell very much of it himself: for God will assist him, and cause that his own mind shall tell him more than seven Watchmen that sit in a Tow...
preview | full record— Taylor, Jeremy (bap. 1613, 1667)
Date: April, 1871
"Many beliefs, in Coleridge's happy phrase, slumber in the 'dormitory of the soul'; they are present to the consciousness, but they incite to no action."
preview | full record— Bagehot, William (1826-1877)