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Those who immerse themselves in the Bible cannot profess rationalism, David Friedrich Strauss, or his followers. They can only profess the words spoken by Goethe, who saw deeper into these matters than many others. He says: The Bible remains the book of books, the world book, which, properly understood, must become the Christian means of education for humanity, in the hands not of the presumptuous, but of the wise.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"IV. 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