Henry Berkeley Portman

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    If a man cannot see a church, it is preposterous to take his opinion about its altar-piece or painted window.
    —Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)

    It is a mistake, to think the same thing affects both sight and touch. If the same angle or square, which is the object of touch, be also the object of vision, what should hinder the blind man, at first sight, from knowing it?
    —George Berkeley (1685–1753)