Note 193 — Chapter XXXIV · A.D. 1600-1700. THE JEWS IN HOLLAND.—DA COSTA, SPINOZA.
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‘In Spinoza,’ says an eminent historian of the Jews, ‘were to be found the seeds of a Pascal, if he could only have received Christianity, of which, indeed, he always spoke with respect.’ But he had no faith in it, and is only one more illustration of St. Paul’s saying: ‘Without faith it is impossible to please God.’