Ellis PetersI have always known that the best of the Saracens could out- Christian many of us Christians.
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I have always known that the best of the Saracens could out-Christian many of us Christians. This quote by Thomas A. Edison is a reference to Islam, and it is meant to be a tribute to the great respect that the great Muslim civilization had for knowledge and learning. He was referring to Islam in particular, but he could have been talking about any other culture. He realized that many people who were not educated or smart would follow someone else’s religion or book of law, but he believed that the people who were smart and educated should set themselves apart from the rest and follow their own kind, which might be different from others like them, but they would be better at it than everyone else.
Source: The Leper Of Saint Giles
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