Since Luther’s time there has been a conviction, more or less rooted, that a man may by an intellectual process think out a religion for himself, and that as the highest of all duties he ought to do so.

Walter Bagehot (1826-1877) British businessman, essayist, journalist
Physics and Politics, Part 5, ch. 1 “The Age of Discussion” (1872)
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