Reverend Fathers, my letters did not usually follow each other at such close intervals, nor were they so long.,,, This one would not be so long had I but the leisure to make it shorter.
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I cannot forgive Descartes. In all his philosophy he would have been quite willing to dispense with God. But he had to make Him give a fillip to set the world in motion beyond this, he has no further need of God.
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I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter
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