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...Herman Melville, in Moby Dick, wrote that a colt in rural Vermont, if it smells a fresh buffalo robe (the colt having no knowledge or experience of buffalo, which lived on the plains) will "start, snort, and with bursting eyes paw the ground in phrenzies of affright. Here thou beholdest even in a dumb brute the instinct of the knowledge of the demonism of the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Evil | 6/10/1991 | See Source »

...beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: Insulting Us with Insults | 9/17/1984 | See Source »

After picking up some bruises, jail time and a criminal record during the late '60s war protests, I cite Matthew 7:3: "And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?" At least the Russians aren't told they have the right of protest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 14, 1977 | 3/14/1977 | See Source »

...beholdest thou the mote that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: On the Main Line | 5/29/1944 | See Source »

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