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Moreover, in type and in its reaction to the facts, inspiration is far more primitive and pervasive than we commonly suppose. It runs down into the very rudiments of mind: it marks the birth of spirit. What could be more original than the sensation of sound, or the sensation of light?

In the Gospels...the freshness, the life-like details in many places are so many proofs of their poetic source. The writer is telling of something now standing before his eyes, of which his heart is full. ... he is not remembering the events that he himself has ever witnessed. If he overhears those discourses, it is by telepathy; if he sees those scenes, it is in a vision; if he knows those truths, it is by faith.