But suppose it was truth double strong, it were no truth to me if I couldna take it in. I daresay there's truth in yon Latin book on your shelves; but it's gibberish and no truth to me, unless I know the meaning o' the words.

Elizabeth Gaskell
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The quote by William Cowper, “But suppose it was truth double strong, it were no truth to me if I couldna take it in,” is a very interesting quote. The first part of the quote means that if a person can’t understand something, then it would be no truth to them. In the second part of the quote, he says that there is truth in a book written by someone else but it’s gibberish if the person doesn’t know the meaning of the words.

Source: North And South

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