William Penn (1644-1718) was the founder of Pennsylvania (where my Mom was born, so there's a little familiam connection there), a devout Quaker, and a pretty astute guy all-around, as is clear in this gem from his work
Some Fruits of Solitude from 1693:
"Inquiry is human; blind obedience brutal.
Truth never loses by the one, but often
suffers by the other"
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