What a strange misuse of language to speak of sacred writers
as inventing original sin! Can we say that Jenner invented the
smallpox, or that Pasteur invented the rabies, or that any of
the celebrated physicians invented the maladies which are known
by their names? What these famous men did was to successfully
diagnose, characterize, and treat diseases which already
existed, and which proved their malignant power by carrying
thousands of men and women to the grave. (Text.)--W. L.
WATKINSON, “The Transfigured Sackcloth.”
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